Saulo De Freitas Araujo, Lisa M Osbeck

Ever Not Quite

Pluralism(s) in William James and Contemporary Psychology

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"Founding psychologist William James famously called for pluralism, valuing psychology's range of theoretical and philosophical foundations, methods and perspectives. In this book, Araujo and Osbeck investigate the meanings of pluralism across James's writings, connecting them to psychological research and theory today"--

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 300
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Juni 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 431g
• ISBN-13: 9781108845021
• ISBN-10: 1108845029
• Artikelnr.: 67180943

Autorenporträt

Saulo de Freitas Araujo is Professor of Psychology at Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Brazil and Director of the Wilhelm Wundt Center for the History and Philosophy of Psychology (NUHFIP). His research is primarily concerned with the history and philosophy of scientific psychology. He is a past recipient of APA's Early Career Award (Division 26) and author of Wundt and the Philosophical Foundations of Psychology: A Reappraisal (2016); his edited works include John B. Watson: Classical Behaviorism (2020), The force of an idea: New essays on Christian Wolff's psychology (2021), and Edward B. Titchener: Psychology, science, and technology (2022).

Inhaltsangabe

1. The problem of pluralism(s)
2. Pluralism(s) in contemporary psychology
3. 'Pluralism' and related terms in the broader context of James's life and writing
4. A systematic analysis of James's pluralism(s)
5. Implications of pluralism for contemporary psychology
6. Concluding remarks.