Theoretical Issues in Psychology: An Introduction - Hardcover

Bem, Sacha; Looren De Jong, Huib

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 080397826X ISBN 13: 9780803978263

Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd, 1997

Synopsis

`As will be evident, this is a wide conspectus in textbook mode (cited authors are frequently characterized and ascribed dates). The treatment is generally clear and up-to-date. It is eclectic with a welcome inclusion of European as well as American authors.... Positive features are the introductions to and summaries of sections; and the glossary (which will certainly be found useful by students). The English is virtually impeccable.... The book is similar in scope to Bechtel′s Philosophy of Mind and Philosophy of Science, and my own Conceptual Issues in Psychology, being more comprehensive and less partisan than Bechtel, and more philosophical and less psychological than Valentine. I am in a particularly good position

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About the Author

Professional interests: Main interests: foundations of empirical research in cognitive and neuro-sciences, philosophy of mind, event-related brain potentials, ecological psychology, reductionism and levels of explanation, theoretical foundations of evolutionary psychology, behavioral genetics, genetic determinism.

Edition details

• Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 080397826X
• ISBN 13: 9780803978263
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 208