ISBN:
9781461414384
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (401 p)
Series Statement:
International and Cultural Psychology, 1
Series Statement:
International and Cultural Psychology Ser. v.1
Parallel Title:
Print version Foundations of Chinese Psychology
DDC:
150.951
Keywords:
Confucianism - psychology - China
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Abstract:
Mainstream psychology emanated from European-American and Judeo-Christian philosophical and scientific traditions. The application of this viewpoint, which embeds colonial and imperialist concepts is less relevant to Asian and other indigenous cultures. Although it has been accepted by non-Western scholars in an attempt to emulate Western scientific practice, the mainstream viewpoint is in a process of transformation to accommodate geographically relevant perspectives. In this light, Foundations of Chinese Psychology, bridges the gap between western and eastern traditions and elaborates on the
Description / Table of Contents:
Foundations of ChinesePsychology; Foreword; References; Preface; Challenge to Indigenous Psychologists; Historical Origin of the Problem; Untangling the Link between Individualism and Universalism; Foundation of Western Science; Construction of Scientific World for IP; Challenge the Individualism; Call for Scientific Revolution in Psychology; An Example for Scientific Revolution; References; Acknowledgment; Author Background; Publications Related to this Volume; Contents; Chapter 1: The Epistemological Goal of Indigenous Psychology; The Emergence of Indigenous Psychology
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The Development of Non-Western CountriesTransplantation of the Western Paradigm; Three Waves of Cultural Psychology; Modernization Theory; Research on Individualism/Collectivism; A Research Orientation of Positivism; The Third Wave of Cultural Psychology; The Indigenization Movement; Challenges to Indigenous Psychology; The Epistemological Goal of Indigenous Psychology; The Content and Structure of This Book; Philosophical Reflection; Constructive Realism; Philosophical Switch; Structuralism: Presuppositions for Theoretical Construction; People in Nature; Premodern Civilization
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Unconscious ModelDeep Structure of Universal Mind; Empirical Research; Attributes of Confucian Ethics; References; Chapter 2: The Modernization of Non-Western Societies: A Perspective of Constructive Realism; The Evolution of Culture; Formation of the Human Mind; The Developmental Model of Body-Mind-Spirit; Social Factors in Pedagogy; Constructive Realism; Two Types of Knowledge; Language Games; Originative Thinking and Technical Thinking; Substantive Rationality and Formal Rationality; Participative Construction and Dominative Construction; Two Worldviews; The Meaning of Modernization
Description / Table of Contents:
Evolution of LifeworldThe Coexistance of Modernity and Traditionalism; The Modernization of Chinese Society; Philosophy Versus Wisdom; The Chinese Cultural Tradition; The Recapitulation of the Cultural Developmental Process; The Lifespan Development of Body-Mind-Spirit; Expert and Laypeople; Conclusion; References; Chapter 3: Western Philosophy's Concepts of Person and Paradigm Shifts; The Theoretical Attitude and Theoretical Wisdom of Aristotle; Theoretical Attitude; Theoretical Wisdom; Kant's Theoretical Reason and Practical Reason; Transcendental Idealism; Steps of Knowledge Construction
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Criticism of Traditional MetaphysicsMetaphysik der Sitten; The Two Aspects of "Person"; One Mind with Two Gates; The Change of Western Philosophy; Wittgensteinian Solipisism; Positivism; Logico-philosophicas; The Concept of Person in Solipsism; Criticism of "Transcendental Self"; Popper's Evolutionary Epistemology; Evolutionary Epistemology; Contrast between Two Concepts of Person; Post-positivist Epistemology; Hempel's Logical Empiricism; Lakatos' Scientific Research Program; Paradigm and Puzzle-Solving; The Trap of Naïve Positivism; Divergent Thinking and Scientific Revolution
Description / Table of Contents:
The Epistemological Strategy for Developing Universal Psychology
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