John F Symons » Books http://johnfsymons.com Just another WordPress weblog Sat, 01 May 2010 02:54:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Psychology http://johnfsymons.com/2010/02/the-routledge-companion-to-philosophy-of-psychology/ http://johnfsymons.com/2010/02/the-routledge-companion-to-philosophy-of-psychology/#comments Thu, 18 Feb 2010 04:53:46 +0000 brandonon http://johnfsymons.adobetree.com/?p=24 The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Psychology is an invaluable guide and major reference source to the major topics, problems, concepts and debates in philosophy of psychology and is the first companion of its kind. A team of renowned international contributors provide forty-two chapters organised into six clear parts

  • I. Historical background to the philosophy of psychology

    II. Psychological explanation

    III. Cognition and representation

    IV. The biological basis of psychology

    V. Perceptual experience

    VI. Personhood

The Companion covers key topics such as the origins of experimental psychology; folk psychology; behaviorism and functionalism; philosophy, psychology and neuroscience; the language of thought, modularity, nativism and representational theories of mind; consciousness and the senses; personal identity; the philosophy of psychopathology and dreams, emotion and temporality.

Essential reading for all students of philosophy of mind, science and psychology, The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Psychology will also be of interest to anyone studying psychology and its related disciplines.

Review from PsycCritiques: Contemporary Psychology: APA Review of Books (American Psychological Association) here

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]]> http://johnfsymons.com/2009/12/on-dennett/feed/ 0 Logic, Epistemology and the Unity of Science http://johnfsymons.com/2009/12/logic-epistemology-and-the-unity-of-science/ http://johnfsymons.com/2009/12/logic-epistemology-and-the-unity-of-science/#comments Mon, 14 Dec 2009 05:13:48 +0000 brandonon http://johnfsymons.adobetree.com/?p=38 http://johnfsymons.com/2009/12/logic-epistemology-and-the-unity-of-science/feed/ 0 Questions, Quantifiers and Quantum Physics: Essays on the Philosophy of Jaakko Hintikka http://johnfsymons.com/2009/12/questions-quantifiers-and-quantum-physics-essays-on-the-philosophy-of-jaakko-hintikka/ http://johnfsymons.com/2009/12/questions-quantifiers-and-quantum-physics-essays-on-the-philosophy-of-jaakko-hintikka/#comments Mon, 14 Dec 2009 05:11:04 +0000 brandonon http://johnfsymons.adobetree.com/?p=36 http://johnfsymons.com/2009/12/questions-quantifiers-and-quantum-physics-essays-on-the-philosophy-of-jaakko-hintikka/feed/ 0 Formal Philosophy; Five Questions http://johnfsymons.com/2009/12/formal-philosophy-five-questions/ http://johnfsymons.com/2009/12/formal-philosophy-five-questions/#comments Mon, 14 Dec 2009 05:01:44 +0000 brandonon http://johnfsymons.adobetree.com/?p=32 http://johnfsymons.com/2009/12/formal-philosophy-five-questions/feed/ 0 Dennett: un naturalisme en chantier http://johnfsymons.com/2009/12/dennett-un-naturalisme-en-chantier/ http://johnfsymons.com/2009/12/dennett-un-naturalisme-en-chantier/#comments Mon, 14 Dec 2009 04:59:33 +0000 brandonon http://johnfsymons.adobetree.com/?p=30 Sample chapters: Introduction, Chapter 1, Une introduction au naturalisme quinéen

]]> http://johnfsymons.com/2009/12/dennett-un-naturalisme-en-chantier/feed/ 0 Masses of Formal Philosophy http://johnfsymons.com/2009/12/masses-of-formal-philosophy/ http://johnfsymons.com/2009/12/masses-of-formal-philosophy/#comments Mon, 14 Dec 2009 04:58:21 +0000 brandonon http://johnfsymons.adobetree.com/?p=28 http://johnfsymons.com/2009/12/masses-of-formal-philosophy/feed/ 0 Foundations and Philosophy of Physics http://johnfsymons.com/2009/12/foundations-and-philosophy-of-physics/ http://johnfsymons.com/2009/12/foundations-and-philosophy-of-physics/#comments Mon, 14 Dec 2009 04:57:23 +0000 brandonon http://johnfsymons.adobetree.com/?p=26 http://johnfsymons.com/2009/12/foundations-and-philosophy-of-physics/feed/ 0