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This textbook connects the big ideas and key thinkers of psychology and philosophy in a clear and cohesive theoretical narrative. Students are led to understand the relations between different schools of thought, and to connect the various thinkers, theories and facts in psychology’s history. Focusing on the major ideas that have reoccurred ...
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Jul 28, 2014 · In Matter and Consciousness, Paul Churchland presents a concise and contemporary overview of the philosophical issues surrounding the mind and explains the main theories and philosophical positions …
In this chapter we begin a journey through the vast and varied terrain of the history of psychological topics by attempting to clarify what the terms “psychology, ” “history, ” “science, and “philosophy mean. We discuss some central ideas underlying a critical ” ” history and philosophy of psychological topics.
We review examples of research that may be classified as historical psychology, introduce sources of data and methods for analyzing historical data, explain for the critical role of theory, and discuss the variety of ways in which psychologists can add historical depth and nuance to their work.
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The long history of theories and models of psychology slowly evolved, mostly within philosophy, until the nineteenth century, when the methodological spirit of science was applied to the study of psychology and the formal discipline of psychol-
Aristotle’s Historical Context His Big Question: 1. His Conception of Human Development 2. His Model of the Mind 3. His Method of Inquiry 4. His Conception of the Individual & Society Appendix: His Relevance to Contemporary Psychology
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• Understand psychology’s development as inseparable from society and history • Appreciate the complexities and controversies of the historiography of psychology • Apply psychology’s historiography to contemporary issues and modern challenges
