Philosophy of Psychology
Summary
Philosophy Of Psychology provides an introduction to and review of key contemporary debates concerning the nature of explanation and methodology in psychology. Each section of the book includes a classic reading along with an important response, and concludes with a specially commissioned reply by the main contributor. The editorial introductions provide a comprehensive survey and map through the discipline. Topics covered causal relevance, explanatory relevance, anti-individualism and psychological explanation, biopsychology, tacit knowledge and the unconscious and psychanalytic explanation. Contributors include Ned Black, Tyler Burge, Martin Davies, Fred Dretske, Jerry Foder, Jim Hopkins, Mark Johnston, Jaegwon Kim, Cynthia Macdonald, Graham Macdonald, Ruth Garrett Millikan, Christopher Peacocke and John Searle.
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