A Critical History and Philosophy of Psychology
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A Critical History and Philosophy of Psychology

Diversity of Context, Thought, and Practice

  1. English
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  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

A Critical History and Philosophy of Psychology

Diversity of Context, Thought, and Practice

About this book

In line with the British Psychological Society's recent recommendations for teaching the history of psychology, this comprehensive undergraduate textbook emphasizes the philosophical, cultural and social elements that influenced psychology's development. The authors demonstrate that psychology is both a human (i.e. psychoanalytic or phenomenological) and natural (i.e. cognitive) science, exploring broad social-historical and philosophical themes such as the role of diverse cultures and women in psychology, and the complex relationship between objectivity and subjectivity in the development of psychological knowledge. The result is a fresh and balanced perspective on what has traditionally been viewed as the collected achievements of a few 'great men'. With a variety of learning features, including case studies, study questions, thought experiments and a glossary, this new textbook encourages students to critically engage with chapter material and analyze themes and topics within a social, historical and philosophical framework.

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The
Cambridge
Companions
to
Philosophy
is
an
internationally
acclaimed
series
introducing
major
thinkers,
topics,
and
periods
in
the
history
of
Western
thought.
Each
volume
offers
a
variety
of
viewpoints
provided
by
essays
from
leading
scholars.
Other
good
overviews
include:
Huizinga
’
s
(
1956
)
The
waning
of
the
Middle
Ages
and
Kristeller
’
s
(1979
)
Renaissance
thought
and
its
sources
.
ONLINE
RESOURCES
It
is
helpful
to
read
encyclopaedia
entries
on
individuals
and
concepts
to
grasp
ideas
succinctly.
The
online
Stanford
Encyclopedia
of
Philosophy
is
vetted
through
a
scholarly
process:
http://plato.stan-
ford.edu/contents.html
98
Ancient
and
premodern
psychological
thought

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-title page
  3. Title page
  4. Copyright page
  5. Contents
  6. Figures
  7. Tables
  8. Boxes
  9. Preface
  10. Acknowledgments
  11. About the authors
  12. 1 Introducing the history and philosophy of psychology
  13. 2 Ancient and premodern psychological thought
  14. 3 Early modern psychological thought
  15. 4 The philosophical and scientific climate in the nineteenth century
  16. 5 Early natural-science Psychology
  17. 6 Natural-science Psychology between the world wars
  18. 7 Natural-science Psychology after World War II
  19. 8 Applied and professional psychology
  20. 9 Human-science psychologies: psychoanalysis
  21. 10 Human-science psychologies: hermeneutic to transpersonal
  22. 11 Constructing psychological research
  23. 12 Critical philosophical and historical reflections
  24. Timeline for the history and philosophy of psychology c. 600 BCE – 2000 CE
  25. Glossary
  26. References
  27. Name Index
  28. Subject index