Philosophy, Psychology, and Psychologism: Critical and Historical Readings on the Psychological Turn in Philosophy (Philosophical Studies Series, 91)

**Philosophy, Psychology, and Psychologism** presents a remarkable diversity of contemporary opinions on the prospects of addressing philosophical topics from a psychological perspective. It considers the history and philosophical merits of psychologism, and looks systematically at psychologism in phenomenology, cognitive science, epistemology, logic, philosophy of language, philosophical semantics, and artificial intelligence. It juxtaposes many different philosophical standpoints, each supported by rigorous philosophical argument. **Philosophy, Psychology, and Psychologism** is intended for professionals in the fields indicated, advanced undergraduate and graduate students in related areas of study, and interested lay readers. Rolf George Rolf George -- Carl Posy Rolf George -- Carl Posy -- Werner Stelzner Rolf George -- Carl Posy -- Werner Stelzner -- J.N. Mohanty Rolf George -- Carl Posy -- Werner Stelzner -- J.N. Mohanty -- Martin Kusch Rolf George -- Carl Posy -- Werner Stelzner -- J.N. Mohanty -- Martin Kusch -- Vincent Colapietro Rolf George -- Carl Posy -- Werner Stelzner -- J.N. Mohanty -- Martin Kusch -- Vincent Colapietro -- Michael Bradie Rolf George -- Carl Posy -- Werner Stelzner -- J.N. Mohanty -- Martin Kusch -- Vincent Colapietro -- Michael Bradie -- Joseph Marolis Rolf George -- Carl Posy -- Werner Stelzner -- J.N. Mohanty -- Martin Kusch -- Vincent Colapietro -- Michael Bradie -- Joseph Marolis -- Michael Jubien Rolf George -- Carl Posy -- Werner Stelzner -- J.N. Mohanty -- Martin Kusch -- Vincent Colapietro -- Michael Bradie -- Joseph Marolis -- Michael Jubien -- John H. Dreher Rolf George -- Carl Posy -- Werner Stelzner -- J.N. Mohanty -- Martin Kusch -- Vincent Colapietro -- Michael Bradie -- Joseph Marolis -- Michael Jubien -- John H. Dreher -- Dale Jacquette Rolf George -- Carl Posy -- Werner Stelzner -- J.N. Mohanty -- Martin Kusch -- Vincent Colapietro -- Michael Bradie -- Joseph Marolis -- Michael Jubien -- John H. Dreher -- Dale Jacquette -- Paul A. Roth Rolf George-- Carl Posy-- Werner Stelzner-- J.N. Mohanty-- Martin Kusch-- Vincent Colapietro-- Michael Bradie-- Joseph Marolis-- Michael Jubien-- John H. Dreher-- Dale Jacquette-- Paul A. Roth-- Selmer Bringsjord and Yingrui Yang. CONTENTS......Page 8 PREFACE......Page 10 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS......Page 14 INTRODUCTION: PSYCHOLOGISM THE PHILOSOPHICAL SHIBBOLETH......Page 16 PSYCHOLOGISM IN LOGIC: BACON TO BOLZANO......Page 36 BETWEEN LEIBNIZ AND MILL: KANT'S LOGIC AND THE RHETORIC OF PSYCHOLOGISM......Page 66 PSYCHOLOGISM AND NON-CLASSICAL APPROACHES IN TRADITIONAL LOGIC......Page 96 THE CONCEPT OF 'PSYCHOLOGISM' IN FREGE AND HUSSERL......Page 128 PSYCHOLOGISM AND SOCIOLOGISM IN EARLY TWENTIETH-CENTURY GERMAN-SPEAKING PHILOSOPHY......Page 146 THE SPACE OF SIGNS: C.S. PEIRCE'S CRITIQUE OF PSYCHOLOGISM......Page 172 QUINEAN DREAMS OR, PROSPECTS FOR A SCIENTIFIC EPISTEMOLOGY......Page 196 LATE FORMS OF PSYCHOLOGISM AND ANTIPSYCHOLOGISM......Page 210 PROPOSITIONS AND THE OBJECTS OF THOUGHT......Page 230 THE CONCEPTS OF TRUTH AND KNOWLEDGE IN PSYCHOLOGISM......Page 244 PSYCHOLOGISM REVISITED IN LOGIC, METAPHYSICS, AND EPISTEMOLOGY......Page 260 WHY THERE IS NOTHING RATHER THAN SOMETHING: QUINE ON BEHAVIORISM, MEANING, AND INDETERMINACY......Page 278 COGNITIVE ILLUSIONS AND THE WELCOME PSYCHOLOGISM OF LOGICIST ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE......Page 304 A......Page 328 B......Page 330 C......Page 331 D......Page 333 E......Page 334 F......Page 335 H......Page 336 I......Page 337 K......Page 339 L......Page 340 M......Page 341 N......Page 343 O......Page 344 P......Page 345 R......Page 348 S......Page 349 T......Page 352 U......Page 353 Z......Page 354 The advocates of psychologism insist that philosophical thinking, including logic, mathematics, semantics, epistemology, and metaphysics, must be grounded in the understanding and empirical facts of scientific psychology. Jacquette (Pennsylvania State U) presents 14 papers that examine the history and rhetoric of the debate between psychologists and antipsychologists. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) This book presents a remarkable diversity of contemporary opinions on the prospects of addressing philosophical topics from a psychological perspective. It considers the history and philosophical merits of psychologism, and looks systematically at psychologism in phenomenology, cognitive science, epistemology, logic, philosophy of language, philosophical semantics, and artificial intelligence. Edited By Dale Jacquette. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.