Mitchell Ash, Thomas Sturm

Psychology's Territories

Historical and Contemporary Perspectives From Different Disciplines

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

What are the conceptual and practical territories of psychology? How have the boundaries of psychological thought, research and practice developed in history, and how might they be renegotiated today? This volume presents new approaches to these questions, resulting from a three-year collaboration among internationally known psychologists, neuroscientists, social scientists, and historians and philosophers of science from Germany and the United States under the auspices of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities. The authors reflect critically on past and present views of psychology by focusing on three broad topic areas: How have psychological concepts been used in disciplines such as psychology, philosophy, or neuroscience, as well as daily life? Has the use of instruments in psychological research expanded or restricted the discipline's reach? And, how have psychological thinking and research worked in practical contexts? The volume investigates separations between, as well as interactions among, psychology and its neighboring fields and tries to overcome disciplinary distinctions in exemplary ways. The contributions aim to make historical and philosophical studies of psychology relevant to contemporary concerns, and to show how psychology can profit from better interdisciplinary cooperation-thus improving mutual understanding between different scientific cultures.

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First Published in 2007. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 402
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 186mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 540g
• ISBN-13: 9780805861372
• ISBN-10: 0805861378
• Artikelnr.: 22017432

Autorenporträt

Mitchell Ash and Thomas Sturm

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: P.B. Baltes
Foreword. Introduction:M.G. Ash
Psychological Thought and Practice: Historical and Interdisciplinary Perspectives. Part I:Psychological Concepts in Different Domains: Shared or Divided Meanings? Attention: S. Lders
"Fluctuations of Attention" Between Physiology
Experimental Psychology
and Psychotechnical Application. Intention and Will: J. Brandtst"dter
Causality
Intentionality
and the Causation of Intentions: The Problematic Boundary. W. Prinz
A Critique of Free Will: Psychological Remarks on a Social Institution. M. Heidelberger
Freedom AND Science! The Presumptuous Metaphysics of Free Will Disdainers. S. Maasen
Governing by Will-The Shaping of the Will in Self-Help Manuals. The Self: J.G. Morawski
Scientific Selves: Discerning Subjects and Experimenters in Experimental Psychology in the United States
1900-1935. K.J. Gergen
The Self: Colonization in Psychology and Society.T. Sturm
The Self Between Psychology and Philosophy: The Case of Self-Deception. Part II:Roles of Instruments in Psychological Research. Instruments as Organizers of Research Practices: H. Gundlach
What Is a Psychological Instrument? F. Strack
N. Schwarz
Asking Questions: Measurement in the Social Sciences. Instruments at Disciplinary Frontiers: Psychology and the Neurosciences: G. Roth
T.F. Mnte
H.J. Heinze
Can the Psyche Be Visualized by the Neurosciences? R. B"sel
Brain Imaging Methods and the Study of Cognitive Processes: Potentials and Limits. M. Hagner
Mind Reading
Brain Mirror
Neuroimaging: Insight Into the Brain or the Mind? Instruments as Metaphors for Psychological Objects: G. Gigerenzer
T. Sturm
Tools=Theories=Data? On Some Circular Dynamics in Cognitive Science. Conclusion: J. Capshew
Reflexivity Revisited: Changing Psychology's Frame of Reference.