The Routledge Companion To Philosophy Of Psychology (routledge Philosophy Companions)
by John Symons / 2009 / English / PDF

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The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Psychology

is an invaluable guide and major reference source to the major topics, problems, concepts and debates in philosophy of psychology and is the first companion of its kind. A team of renowned international contributors provide forty-two chapters organised into six clear parts:

I. Historical background to the philosophy of psychology

II. Psychological explanation

III. Cognition and representation

IV. The biological basis of psychology

V. Perceptual experience

VI. Personhood

The

Companion

covers key topics such as the origins of experimental psychology; folk psychology; behaviorism and functionalism; philosophy, psychology and neuroscience; the language of thought, modularity, nativism and representational theories of mind; consciousness and the senses; personal identity; the philosophy of psychopathology and dreams, emotion and temporality.

Essential reading for all students of philosophy of mind, science and psychology,

The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Psychology

will also be of interest to anyone studying psychology and its related disciplines.