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Introduction to debates in psychology |
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Psychology and philosophy |
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How this text is structured |
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2 | (1) |
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Knowledge and truth in psychology |
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3 | (1) |
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How the debates relate to each other |
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4 | (1) |
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5 | (2) |
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Free will and determinism |
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7 | (26) |
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What exactly is the free will and determinism debate? |
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7 | (1) |
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Why the problem concerning free will persists |
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8 | (1) |
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Science and causal relationships |
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8 | (3) |
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Psychology and causal relationships |
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11 | (2) |
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13 | (4) |
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The construct of free will |
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17 | (1) |
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Psychology, science and free will |
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18 | (1) |
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Is our behaviour determined and predictable? |
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19 | (6) |
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25 | (1) |
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Free will and responsibility |
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26 | (1) |
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Feeling free and being free |
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27 | (1) |
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28 | (3) |
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31 | (2) |
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33 | (24) |
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33 | (1) |
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Reductionism and levels of explanation |
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34 | (5) |
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Strengths and weaknesses of behavioural accounts |
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39 | (1) |
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Explanations of behaviour in terms of long-term goals |
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40 | (1) |
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Reductionism and the interpretation of social behaviour |
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41 | (1) |
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Treating people as if they are human |
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42 | (2) |
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Reductionism and category errors |
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44 | (1) |
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Category errors and the explanation of behaviour |
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45 | (1) |
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Experimental reductionism |
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46 | (3) |
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Reductionism and the study of visual perception |
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49 | (1) |
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The evolutionary perspective |
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50 | (4) |
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54 | (3) |
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Reductionism and the mind-body problem? |
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57 | (18) |
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What is the mind-body problem? |
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57 | (1) |
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Various positions on the mind-body problem |
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58 | (8) |
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Reasons why there is a mind-body problem |
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66 | (7) |
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73 | (2) |
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Can psychology be a science? |
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75 | (28) |
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75 | (2) |
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Overview of points raised on `scientific' approaches to psychology |
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77 | (5) |
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Prescriptive and descriptive laws |
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82 | (1) |
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The place of theory in science |
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83 | (3) |
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86 | (1) |
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Why have so many psychologists been so concerned with making psychology a scientific discipline? |
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87 | (2) |
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Scientific objectification and its implications for psychiatry |
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89 | (2) |
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Science and social psychology |
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91 | (9) |
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100 | (3) |
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The nature--nurture debate |
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103 | (22) |
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103 | (1) |
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104 | (1) |
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105 | (3) |
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108 | (3) |
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Instinct versus learning: ethological studies |
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111 | (3) |
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114 | (1) |
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Implications for psychiatry |
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114 | (2) |
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116 | (2) |
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118 | (5) |
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123 | (2) |
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125 | (20) |
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Behaviourism and psychology |
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125 | (1) |
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Private experience and public behaviour |
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126 | (1) |
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127 | (1) |
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Behaviourism as a theoretical approach to psychology |
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128 | (3) |
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Behaviourism as a theory and as a practical venture |
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131 | (1) |
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Behaviourism and private experience |
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132 | (1) |
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Practical implications: the clinical setting |
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133 | (1) |
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Behaviourism and explanatory fictions: mental way-stations |
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134 | (1) |
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Rejection of mental way-stations: the law of parsimony |
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135 | (3) |
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Behaviourism and the mind |
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138 | (1) |
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The problem of other minds |
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139 | (2) |
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Other minds and artificial intelligence |
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141 | (1) |
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142 | (3) |
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145 | (12) |
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Improving your essay writing skills |
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145 | (2) |
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147 | (3) |
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150 | (7) |
| Glossary |
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157 | (4) |
| References |
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161 | (4) |
| Index |
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