ISBN:
9780805810226
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (154 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Parallel Title:
Print version Assumptions of Social Psychology : A Reexamination
DDC:
302
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
This book is a thorough revision of the successful Assumptions of Social Psychology, first published in 1969. Reexamining the implicit and explicit assumptions concerning inquiry as to the nature of the human organism, it takes as its major thesis the idea that the epistemologies utilized by social psychologists -- encompassing behavioral, intentional, and historical analyses -- are complementary rather than contradictory. After examining key figures in the history of Western epistemology, such as Descartes, Vico, Hume, and Kant, contemporary issues such as the nature of causation, intentions
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Some Historical Considerations; Chapter 3 Causation; Chapter 4 Intentions; Chapter 5 Skinner and the Behavior Analysts; Chapter 6 Hermeneutics and Rhetoric: The Rise of the Active Organism; Chapter 7 Social Images in Theories of Psychology; Epilogue: The Limits and Possibilities of Explanation; References; Author Index; Subject Index
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
