Philosophy of Psychology: Causality and Psychological Subject, Wenceslao J. ...

Philosophy of Psychology: Causality and Psychological SubjectWenceslao J. Gonzalez

Art Nr.: 311057408X

ISBN 13: 9783110574081

Subtitle: New Reflections on James Woodward¿s Contribution

Serie: 38

Release year: 2020

Published by: De Gruyter

Cover: Taschenbuch

Cover Format: 230x155x17 mm

Pages: 296

Weight: 443 g

Language: Englisch

Author: Wenceslao J. Gonzalez

Description Contemporary philosophy of science analyzes psychology as a science with special features, because this discipline includes some specific philosophical problems ¿ descriptive and normative, structural and dynamic. Some of these are particularly relevant both theoretically (casual explanation) and practically (the configuration of the psychological subject and its relations with psychiatry).Two central aspects in this book are the role of causality, especially conceived as intervention or manipulation, and the characterization of the psychological subject. This requires a clarification of scientific explanations in terms of causality in psychology, because characterizations of causality are quite different in epistemological and ontological terms. One of the most influential views is James Woodward¿s approach to causality as intervention, which entails an analysis of its characteristics, new elements and limits. This means taking into account the structural and dynamic aspects included in causal cognition and psychological explanations.Psychology seen as special science also requires us to consider the scientific status of psychology and the psychological subject, which leads to limits of naturalism in psychology. Information of Author Wenceslao J. Gonzalez, University of A Coruña, Ferrol, Spain. Kurzbeschreibung Titel: Philosophy of Psychology: Causality and Psychological Subject, Untertitel: New Reflections on James Woodward¿s Contribution, Einband: Taschenbuch, Autor: Wenceslao J. Gonzalez, Verlag: De Gruyter, Sprache: Englisch, Seiten: 296, Maße: 230x155x17 mm, Gewicht: 443 g, Verkäufer: Wegmann1855, Schlagworte: Epistemologie Erkenntnistheorie Philosophie / Erkenntnis Powered by INFORIUS