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OverviewPhilosophical and Empirical Approaches to Psychology: Mentalism vs. Anti-Mentalism philosophically analyzes four different approaches to psychology: introspectionism, behaviourism, cognitive psychology, and cognitive neuroscience to explore the concept of “the mind,” which developed from the late nineteenth and early twentieth century up through present day psychology. The resulting ideas originating from these approaches are divided into two main groups in this book, mentalism (whose supporters assume that mind is not reducible to something else) and anti-mentalism (whose supporters assume that mind is indeed reducible to something else). This book argues that adopting one idea over another can have a profound influence in a psychologist’s research. Further, the author shows that some controversial psychological notions like “consciousness” pertain to a particular mentalistic approach. Many psychologists do not consider such notions scientific, but he argues that this depends upon their adherence to a certain anti-mentalistic approach or to a specific mentalistic perspective. The book examines these issues by assessing experimental psychology in relation to neurobiology and philosophy, offering an integration of philosophical and theoretical chapters along with empirical and experimental chapters. Theoretically, the arguments draw from philosophy of psychology and experimental psychology. Using empirical research, Philosophical and Empirical Approaches to Psychology examines the role of the various mentalistic and anti-mentalistic approaches to psychology by integrating epistemological analysis and empirical research. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Giuseppe Lo DicoPublisher: Lexington Books Imprint: Lexington Books Dimensions: Width: 16.00cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.70cm Weight: 0.472kg ISBN: 9781498516600ISBN 10: 1498516602 Pages: 194 Publication Date: 02 February 2016 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsIntroduction Chapter 1: Mentalism Chapter 2: Anti-Mentalism Chapter 3: New Mentalism Chapter 4: New Anti-Mentalism Chapter 5: A Re-Evaluation of the Damasio's Somatic Marker Hypothesis Chapter 6: Re-testing the Somatic Marker Hypothesis I: Replication and Behavioural Data Chapter 7: Re-testing the Somatic Marker Hypothesis II: Physiological and Qualitative Data Chapter 8: Doubts on the Somatic Marker Hypothesis Chapter 9: Concluding Considerations Appendix A Appendix B References About the AuthorReviewsAuthor InformationGiuseppe Lo Dico is a postdoctoral fellow at Catholic University of Milan. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |