Realism and Psychology: Collected Essays (Philosophy of History and Culture, 30)

This volume is a collection of new, published and revised essays, providing a distinctive, thoroughgoing, realist approach to contemporary psychological theories, concepts, methods, and applications. The essays also offer critical analyses of antirealist trends both in and outside of mainstream psychology. A Collection Of New, Published And Revised Essays On The Place And Value Of Scientific Realism In Psychology--p, [4] Of Ocver. Machine Generated Contents Note: Pt. 1 The Nature And Context Of Realism -- 1. Realism And The State Of Theory In Psychology / A. Petocz -- 2. Essays In Realism: Analysis And Discussion / A. Petocz -- 3. Anderson's Development Of (situational) Realism And Its Bearing On Psychology Today / F.j. Hibberd -- Pt. 2 From Philosophy To Psychology -- 4. The Knower And The Known / J. Anderson -- 5. The Concept Of Attitude / J.r. Maze -- 6. Drives And Consummatory Actions / J.r. Maze -- 7. Maze's Direct Realism And The Character Of Cognition / J. Michell -- Pt. 3 Critiques And Developments -- 8.out There, Not In Here: A Realist Account Of Concepts / T. Mcmullen -- 9. Representationism, Realism And The Redundancy Of 'mentalese' / J.r. Maze -- 10. Constructivism, Direct Realism And The Nature Of Error / A. Rantzen -- 11. Concept, Class, And Category In The Tradition Of Aristotle / J.p. Sutcliffe -- 12. Normal Science, Pathological Science And Psychometrics / J. Michell -- 13. Social Constructionism, Deconstructionism And Some Requirements Of Discourse / J.r. Maze -- 14. Reply To Gergen / F.j. Hibberd -- 15. On Some Accounts Of Meaning And Their Problems / N. Mackay -- 16. Why Psychology Has Neglected Symbolism And What A Realist Approach Can Offer / A. Petocz -- 17.a New Psychology-the Metaphysical And The Mundane / P. Bell -- 18. The Place Of Qualitative Research In Psychology / J. Michell -- 19. Science, Meaning And The Scientist-practitioner Model Of Treatment / A. Petocz -- 20. Addressing Mental Plurality: Justification, Objections And Logical Requirements Of Strongly Partitive Accounts Of Mind / S. Boag -- 21. Rezoning Pleasure: Drives And Affects In Personality Theory / D. Mcilwain -- 22.a Realist Account Of Mental Causation / S. Medlow -- 23. Drive Theory Reconsidered (again!) / G. Newbery. Edited By Nigel Mackay, Agnes Petocz. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes. IntroductionPart 1: The Nature and Context of Realism1. Realism and the state of theory in psychology.N. Mackay & A. Petocz2. Essays in realism: Analysis and discussion.N. Mackay & A. Petocz3. Anderson's development of (situational) realism and its bearing on psychology today.F. J. HibberdPart 2: From Philosophy to Psychology4. The knower and the known.J. Anderson5. The concept of attitude.J. R. Maze6. Drives and consummatory actions.J. R. Maze7. Maze's direct realism and the character of cognition.J. MichellPart 3: Critiques and Developments8. "Out there", not "in here": A Realist account of conceptsT. McMullen9. Representationism, realism and the redundancy of 'mentalese'.J. R. Maze10. Constructivism, direct realism and the nature of error.A. Rantzen11. Concept, class, and category in the tradition of Aristotle.J. P. Sutcliffe12. Normal science, pathological science and psychometrics.J. Michell13. Social constructionism, deconstructionism and some requirements of discourse.J. R. Maze14. Reply to Gergen.F. J. Hibberd15. On some accounts of meaning and their problems.N. Mackay16. Why psychology has neglected symbolism and what a realist approach can offer.A. Petocz17. A new psychology-the metaphysical and the mundane.P. Bell18. The place of qualitative research in psychology.J. Michell19. Science, meaning and the scientist-practitioner model of treatment.A. Petocz20. Addressing mental plurality: justification, objections and logical requirements of strongly partitive accounts of mind.S. Boag21. Rezoning pleasure: Drives and affects in personality theory.D. McIlwain22. A realist account of mental causation.S. Medlow23. Drive theory reconsidered (again!).G. Newbery