Psychology's Territories: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives From Different Disciplines

by Mitchell Ash, Thomas Sturm

Overview

This volume is the final publication of the Interdisciplinary Working Group, “Psychological Thought and Practice in Historical and Interdisciplinary Perspective,” sponsored by the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities from October 2000 until March 2004.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781135595159
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	04/02/2007
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	408
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Mitchell Ash and Thomas Sturm

Table of Contents

Foreword, About the Contributors, Members of the Interdisciplinary Working Group “Psychological Thought and Practice in Historical and Interdisciplinary Perspective”, List of Illustrations, Introduction, Psychological Thought and Practice—Historical and Interdisciplinary Perspectives, Part I. Psychological Concepts in Different Domains: Shared or Divided Meanings?, Attention, 1. The “Fluctuations of Attention” Between Physiology, Experimental Psychology and Psycho-technical Application, Intention and Will, 2. Causality, Intentionality, and the Causation of Intentions: The Problematic Boundary, 3. A Critique of Free Will: Psychological Remarks on a Social Institution, 4. Freedom and Science! The Presumptuous Metaphysics of Free-Will Disdainers, 5. Governing by Will: The Shaping of the Will in Self-Help Manuals, The Self, 6. Scientific Selves: Discerning the Subject and the Experimenter in Experimental Psychology in the United States, 1900–1935, 7. The Self: Colonization in Psychology and Society, 8. The Self Between Philosophy and Psychology: The Case of Self-Deception, Part II. Roles of Instruments in Psychological Research, Instruments as Organizers of Research Practices, 9. What Is a Psychological Instrument?, 10. Asking Questions: Measurement in the Social Sciences, Instruments at Disciplinary Frontiers: Psychology and the Neurosciences, 11. Can the Psyche be Visualized by the Neurosciences?, 12. Brain Imaging Methods and the Study of Cognitive Processes: Potentials and Limits, 13. Mind Reading, Brain Mirror, Neuroimaging: Insight Into the Brain or the Mind?, Instruments as Metaphors for Psychological Objects, 14. Tools = Theories = Data? On Some Circular Dynamics in Cognitive Science, Conclusion, 15. Reflexivity Revisited: Changing 343 Psychology’s Frame of Reference, Index of Persons, Index of Subjects

Editorial Reviews

"Psychology's Territories: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives From Different Disciplines will be a ‘must have’ for anyone interested in the history of psychology... Of particular value is the book's interdisciplinary nature. This is not just a book by psychologists about psychology but includes contributions from historians, philosophers, and neuroscientists as well. The sparks generated by the friction between the representatives of different disciplines really do illuminate the issues considered… In a brief review it is not possible to do justice to the richness of the material in this book… there is not a weak chapter in the bunch." – John G. Benjafield, PsycCRITIQUES

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