The philosophy of psychology / edited by William O'Donohue and Richard F. Kitchener.

London ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, 1996.

xx, 395 pages ; 26 cm

Includes index and bibliographies.

ch. 1. Epistemology, psychology of science, and the foundations of psychology. Naturalism and the abandonment of normativity / Harvey Siegel -- Psychology, naturalized epistemology, and rationality / Harold I. Brown -- Social epistemology and psychology / Steve Fuller -- Psychology of science / Michael E. Gorman -- Genetic epistemology and cognitive psychology of science / Richard F. Kitchener -- ch. 2. Behavorism, psychology, and philosophy. Behavorism as opposition to cartesianism / Max Hocutt -- Quine's behavorism -- Roger F. Gibson -- Skinner's theory of theories / Richard F. Kitchener -- Linguistic behaviorism as a philosophy of empirical science / Ullin T. Place -- Skinner's case for radical behaviorism / Richard Garrett -- Must behavior be mechanistic? modeling nonmachines / Joseph F. Rychlak -- ch. 3. Computational theories of cognition / Herbert A. Simon -- Troubles with computationalism / Mark H. Bickhard -- Toward a naturalized cognitive science : a framework for cooperation between philosophy and the natural sciences of intelligent systems / C.A. Hooker -- Neurobehavorial science, neuropsychology and the philosophy of mind / Karl H. Pribram --Typical emotions / Aaron Ben-Ze'ev -- Folk psychology and its implications for psychological science. Introduction / Ullin T. Place -- The falsity of folk theories : implications for psychology and philosophy / Nick Chater, Mike Oaksford -- Does science underwrite our folk psychology? / Barry C. Smith -- Folk psychology from the standpoint of conceptual analysis / Ullin T. Place -- On the necessary survival of folk psychology / Graham Richards -- Folk psychology and its implications for cognitive science : discussion / Elizabeth R. Valentine -- ch. 4. Clinical psychology and philosophy. Is psychoanalysis viable? / Adolf Grünbaum -- The value of psychoanalytic therapy : a question of standards / Edward Erwin -- What is an irrational belief? rational-emotive therapy and accounts of rationality / William O'Donohue, Jason S. Vass -- ch. 5. Ethics and psychology. The formation and transformation of values / Hugh Lacey, Barry Schwartz -- Prescriptions for responsible psychiatry / Joseph Agassi -- The behavior therapists' dilemma : reflections on autonomy, informed consent, and scientific psychology / Jon Ringen -- Profession codes of ethics and ongoing moral problems in psychology / Karen Strohm Kitchener -- A critical examination of the ethical principles of psychologists and code of conduct / William O'Donohue, Richard Mangold.