Philosophy of Psychology: Causality and Psychological Subject: New Reflections on James Woodward’s Contribution

Published by De Gruyter 2018

Philosophy of Psychology: Causality and Psychological Subject

New Reflections on James Woodward’s Contribution

Edited by: Wenceslao J. Gonzalez

Volume 38 in the series Epistemic Studies

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110576054

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About this book

Contemporary philosophy of science analyzes psychology as a science with special features, because this discipline includes some specific philosophical problems – descriptive and normative, structural and dynamic. Some of these are particularly relevant both theoretically (casual explanation) and practically (the configuration of the psychological subject and its relations with psychiatry).

Two central aspects in this book are the role of causality, especially conceived as intervention or manipulation, and the characterization of the psychological subject. This requires a clarification of scientific explanations in terms of causality in psychology, because characterizations of causality are quite different in epistemological and ontological terms. One of the most influential views is James Woodward’s approach to causality as intervention, which entails an analysis of its characteristics, new elements and limits. This means taking into account the structural and dynamic aspects included in causal cognition and psychological explanations.

Psychology seen as special science also requires us to consider the scientific status of psychology and the psychological subject, which leads to limits of naturalism in psychology.

Author / Editor information

Wenceslao J. Gonzalez, University of A Coruña, Ferrol, Spain.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Table of Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	V
List of Abbreviations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	VII
New Contributions to Psychology as a Special Science: Causality and Psychological Subject Wenceslao J. Gonzalez Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part I: Causal Reasoning in the Context of Normative and Descriptive Psychology
Configuration of Causality and Philosophy of Psychology: An Analysis of Causality as Intervention and Its Repercussion for Psychology Wenceslao J. Gonzalez Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	21
Normative Theory and Descriptive Psychology in Understanding Causal Reasoning: The Role of Interventions and Invariance James Woodward Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	71
Part II: Causal Cognition and Psychological Explanations: Structural and Dynamic Aspects
Causal Cognition: Physical Connections, Proportionality, and the Role of Normative Theory James Woodward Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	105
Psychobiological Explanations in Decision-making and Neuroeconomics José María Martínez Selva Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	139
Dynamic Level Interaction Hypothesis – A New Perspective on Consciousness Michał Wierzchoń Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	159
Part III: Scientific Status of Psychology and the Psychological Subject
Naturalization of Psychology and Its Future as a Science Manuel Antonio García Sedeño Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	181
The Emotional Subject in Philosophy of Psychology: The Cases of Anxiety and Angst Francisco Rodriguez Valls Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	203
Part IV: From Psychology to Psychiatry: Limits of Computational Psychology and the Role of Causes as Interventions in Psychiatry
The Limits of Computational Psychology in J. Fodor Pedro Chacón Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	221
The Interventionist Theory and Mental Disorders Raffaella Campaner Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	243
Index of Names Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	269
Subject Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	277

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Philosophers of science and psychology, psychologiyts, scientists and lawyers working on causality problems
Pages
- Front matter: 7
- Main content: 286
Keywords: Woodward; James; psychological subject; causality; naturalism

eBook

Published: June 11, 2018
ISBN: 9783110576054

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Published: June 25, 2018
ISBN: 9783110573930

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Published: July 6, 2020
ISBN: 9783110574081