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Introduction • Psychology, Science, and History

Introduction • Psychology, Science, and History

Roots of Psychology • Psychology as Psyche-logos • Philosophy – Epistemology – Ethics •

Roots of Psychology • Psychology as Psyche-logos • Philosophy – Epistemology – Ethics • Biology – The Path Through Physiology – Evolution and Psychology

Understanding Science I • The Image of Modern Science – The Newtonian Style –

Understanding Science I • The Image of Modern Science – The Newtonian Style – Positivism • Explanation – The Nomological Approach • The “Covering Law” Model • The Iron Law of Explanation • Weaknesses of the Nomological Approach

Understanding Science II • Explanation (continued) – The Causal Approach • Critique of the

Understanding Science II • Explanation (continued) – The Causal Approach • Critique of the Nomological Approach • Looking for the Causal Structure of Nature • Weaknesses of the Causal Approach – The Pragmatics of Explanation

Understanding Science III • Theories: Explanations in Practice – Realism: Are Theories True? –

Understanding Science III • Theories: Explanations in Practice – Realism: Are Theories True? – Theories about Theories • The Syntactic Approach: Logical Positivism • The Semantic Approach: Theories as Models – Theory Change • The Rationality of Science

Understanding Science IV • Theory Change (continued) – Naturalistic Approaches • Thomas Kuhn and

Understanding Science IV • Theory Change (continued) – Naturalistic Approaches • Thomas Kuhn and Paradigms • Evolutionary Epistemology • Themata – Methodological Approach: Falsificationism – Reduction and Replacement – Psychology of Science

Understanding Science V • Science as a Worldview – Particular and Universal Knowledge –

Understanding Science V • Science as a Worldview – Particular and Universal Knowledge – Science as the “View from Nowhere” • Development of the View From Nowhere • Implications of the View from Nowhere – The Challenge of the Human Sciences

Psychology and Science I • Psychology without Science – Dualism – Folk Psychology •

Psychology and Science I • Psychology without Science – Dualism – Folk Psychology • Can Psychology be a Science? – Why it matters: The Authority of Science

Psychology and Science II • Can Psychology be a Science? (cont’d) – Arguments from

Psychology and Science II • Can Psychology be a Science? (cont’d) – Arguments from Imperfection – Arguments from Impossibility • You Can’t Eliminate the Mind • You Can’t Eliminate Points of View • You Can’t Eliminate Culture –Constitutive Rules: Cultures as Games –The Moral Dimension of Psychology

Psychology and Science III • Alternative Models for Psychology – Psychology as Engineering •

Psychology and Science III • Alternative Models for Psychology – Psychology as Engineering • Scientific Psychology: Mind as evolved Function • Applied Psychology: Expertise is Knowing What Works – Psychology as a Humanity • Naturwissenschaft (Natural Science) vs. Geisteswissenschaft (Human Science)

Psychology and Science IV • The Scientific Challenges to Psychology – The Challenge of

Psychology and Science IV • The Scientific Challenges to Psychology – The Challenge of Naturalism – The Challenge of Realism – The Challenge of Autonomy – The Challenge of Explanation • Waiting for Newton as Waiting for Godot?

Psychology and History I • History of Science – Reasons and Causes – Avoiding

Psychology and History I • History of Science – Reasons and Causes – Avoiding Whig History (Presentism) – Internal and External Histories of Science – Great Man vs. Zeitgeist Histories

Psychology and History II • Psychology in History – Mind: Discovered, Invented, or Constructed?

Psychology and History II • Psychology in History – Mind: Discovered, Invented, or Constructed? • Discovery: Mind as Natural Kind • Invention: Mind as Artifact • Construction: Mind as Social Object – Mind in Religion

Psychology and History III • Options for Psychology – Is “Mind” a Natural Kind?

Psychology and History III • Options for Psychology – Is “Mind” a Natural Kind? – Do Minds Exist? – Does Mind Exist? • Mind as a Natural Construction • Mind as a Social Construction

Psychology and History IV • Historiography of Psychology – History of the History of

Psychology and History IV • Historiography of Psychology – History of the History of Science and of Psychology – The “Old” and the “New” History

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