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The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Psychology

The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Psychology

BySarah Robins, John Symons, Paco Calvo
Edition 1st Edition
First Published 2009
eBook Published 11 September 2009
Pub. location London
Imprint Routledge
DOIhttps://doi.org/10.4324/9780203879313
Pages 700 pages
eBook ISBN 9781134155798
SubjectsBehavioral Sciences, Humanities
KeywordsFolk Psychology, Mental States, Mental Representation, Split Brain Patients, Cognitive Architecture
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Robins, S., Symons, J., Calvo, P. (2009). The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Psychology. London: Routledge, https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203879313
ABOUT THIS BOOK

The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Psychology is an invaluable guide and major reference source to the major topics, problems, concepts and debates in philosophy of psychology and is the first companion of its kind. A team of renowned international contributors provide forty-two chapters organised into six clear parts:

  • I. Historical background to the philosophy of psychology

    II. Psychological explanation

    III. Cognition and representation

    IV. The biological basis of psychology

    V. Perceptual experience

    VI. Personhood

The Companion covers key topics such as the origins of experimental psychology; folk psychology; behaviorism and functionalism; philosophy, psychology and neuroscience; the language of thought, modularity, nativism and representational theories of mind; consciousness and the senses; personal identity; the philosophy of psychopathology and dreams, emotion and temporality.

Essential reading for all students of philosophy of mind, science and psychology, The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Psychology will also be of interest to anyone studying psychology and its related disciplines.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |2 pages
PART I Historical background to the philosophy of psychology
chapter 1|18 pages
Rationalist roots of modern psychology
ByGARY HATFIELD
View abstract
chapter 2|20 pages
Empiricist roots of modern psychology
ByRAYMOND MARTIN
View abstract
chapter 3|18 pages
Early experimental psychology
ByALAN KIM
View abstract
chapter 4|12 pages
Freud and the unconscious
View abstract
chapter 5|19 pages
The early history of the quale and its relation to the senses
ByBRIAN L. KEELEY
View abstract
chapter 6|9 pages
Behaviourism
View abstract
chapter 7|12 pages
Cognitivism
ByALAN GARNHAM
View abstract
part |2 pages
PART II Psychological explanation
chapter 8|18 pages
What is psychological explanation?
View abstract
chapter 9|17 pages
Is folk psychology a theory?
View abstract
chapter 10|16 pages
Computational functionalism
View abstract
chapter 11|16 pages
The interface between psychology and neuroscience
View abstract
chapter 12|13 pages
Connectionism
ByAMANDA J. C. SHARKEY AND NOEL SHARKEY
View abstract
chapter 13|21 pages
Embodied cognition and the extended mind
View abstract
chapter 14|17 pages
Conceptual problems in statistics, testing and experimentation
View abstract
part |2 pages
PART III Cognition and representation
chapter 15|18 pages
Problems of representation I: nature and role
ByDAN RYDER
View abstract
chapter 16|29 pages
Problems of representation II: naturalizing content
ByDAN RYDER
View abstract
chapter 17|16 pages
The language of thought
BySUSAN SCHNEIDER
View abstract
chapter 18|26 pages
Modularity
View abstract
chapter 19|14 pages
Nativism
ByRICHARD SAMUELS
View abstract
chapter 20|10 pages
Memory
View abstract
chapter 21|14 pages
Interactivism
ByMARK BICKHARD
View abstract
chapter 22|11 pages
The propositional imagination
BySHAUN NICHOLS
View abstract
part |2 pages
Part IV The biological basis of psychology
chapter 23|14 pages
Representation and the brain
ByARTHUR B. MARKMAN
View abstract
chapter 24|13 pages
Levels of mechanisms: a field guide to the hierarchical structure of the world
View abstract
chapter 25|16 pages
Cellular and subcellular neuroscience
ByJOHN BICKLE
View abstract
chapter 26|14 pages
Evolutionary models in psychology
View abstract
chapter 27|20 pages
Development and learning
ByAARRE LAAKSO
View abstract
chapter 28|25 pages
Understanding embodied cognition through dynamical systems thinking
View abstract
part |2 pages
Part V Perceptual experience
chapter 29|18 pages
Consciousness
ByTIM BAYNE
View abstract
chapter 30|14 pages
Attention
ByCHRISTOPHER MOLE
View abstract
chapter 31|13 pages
Introspection
View abstract
chapter 32|21 pages
Dreaming
ByJOHN SUTTON
View abstract
chapter 33|13 pages
Emotion
ByANTHONY P. ATKINSON
View abstract
chapter 34|12 pages
Vision
View abstract
chapter 35|11 pages
Color
ByJONATHAN COHEN
View abstract
chapter 36|13 pages
Audition
ByCASEY O’CALLAGHAN
View abstract
chapter 37|15 pages
The temporal content of perceptual experience
ByRICK GRUSH
View abstract
part |2 pages
Part VI Personhood
chapter 38|12 pages
Action and mind
ByALFRED R. MELE
View abstract
chapter 39|13 pages
Moral judgment
ByJENNIFER NADO, DANIEL KELLY, STEPHEN STICH
View abstract
chapter 40|13 pages
Personal identity
ByMARYA SCHECHTMAN
View abstract
chapter 41|12 pages
The name and nature of confabulation
View abstract
chapter 42|14 pages
Buddhist persons and eudaimoniaBuddha
View abstract

The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Psychology is an invaluable guide and major reference source to the major topics, problems, concepts and debates in philosophy of psychology and is the first companion of its kind. A team of renowned international contributors provide forty-two chapters organised into six clear parts:

  • I. Historical background to the philosophy of psychology

    II. Psychological explanation

    III. Cognition and representation

    IV. The biological basis of psychology

    V. Perceptual experience

    VI. Personhood

The Companion covers key topics such as the origins of experimental psychology; folk psychology; behaviorism and functionalism; philosophy, psychology and neuroscience; the language of thought, modularity, nativism and representational theories of mind; consciousness and the senses; personal identity; the philosophy of psychopathology and dreams, emotion and temporality.

Essential reading for all students of philosophy of mind, science and psychology, The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Psychology will also be of interest to anyone studying psychology and its related disciplines.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |2 pages
PART I Historical background to the philosophy of psychology
chapter 1|18 pages
Rationalist roots of modern psychology
ByGARY HATFIELD
View abstract
chapter 2|20 pages
Empiricist roots of modern psychology
ByRAYMOND MARTIN
View abstract
chapter 3|18 pages
Early experimental psychology
ByALAN KIM
View abstract
chapter 4|12 pages
Freud and the unconscious
View abstract
chapter 5|19 pages
The early history of the quale and its relation to the senses
ByBRIAN L. KEELEY
View abstract
chapter 6|9 pages
Behaviourism
View abstract
chapter 7|12 pages
Cognitivism
ByALAN GARNHAM
View abstract
part |2 pages
PART II Psychological explanation
chapter 8|18 pages
What is psychological explanation?
View abstract
chapter 9|17 pages
Is folk psychology a theory?
View abstract
chapter 10|16 pages
Computational functionalism
View abstract
chapter 11|16 pages
The interface between psychology and neuroscience
View abstract
chapter 12|13 pages
Connectionism
ByAMANDA J. C. SHARKEY AND NOEL SHARKEY
View abstract
chapter 13|21 pages
Embodied cognition and the extended mind
View abstract
chapter 14|17 pages
Conceptual problems in statistics, testing and experimentation
View abstract
part |2 pages
PART III Cognition and representation
chapter 15|18 pages
Problems of representation I: nature and role
ByDAN RYDER
View abstract
chapter 16|29 pages
Problems of representation II: naturalizing content
ByDAN RYDER
View abstract
chapter 17|16 pages
The language of thought
BySUSAN SCHNEIDER
View abstract
chapter 18|26 pages
Modularity
View abstract
chapter 19|14 pages
Nativism
ByRICHARD SAMUELS
View abstract
chapter 20|10 pages
Memory
View abstract
chapter 21|14 pages
Interactivism
ByMARK BICKHARD
View abstract
chapter 22|11 pages
The propositional imagination
BySHAUN NICHOLS
View abstract
part |2 pages
Part IV The biological basis of psychology
chapter 23|14 pages
Representation and the brain
ByARTHUR B. MARKMAN
View abstract
chapter 24|13 pages
Levels of mechanisms: a field guide to the hierarchical structure of the world
View abstract
chapter 25|16 pages
Cellular and subcellular neuroscience
ByJOHN BICKLE
View abstract
chapter 26|14 pages
Evolutionary models in psychology
View abstract
chapter 27|20 pages
Development and learning
ByAARRE LAAKSO
View abstract
chapter 28|25 pages
Understanding embodied cognition through dynamical systems thinking
View abstract
part |2 pages
Part V Perceptual experience
chapter 29|18 pages
Consciousness
ByTIM BAYNE
View abstract
chapter 30|14 pages
Attention
ByCHRISTOPHER MOLE
View abstract
chapter 31|13 pages
Introspection
View abstract
chapter 32|21 pages
Dreaming
ByJOHN SUTTON
View abstract
chapter 33|13 pages
Emotion
ByANTHONY P. ATKINSON
View abstract
chapter 34|12 pages
Vision
View abstract
chapter 35|11 pages
Color
ByJONATHAN COHEN
View abstract
chapter 36|13 pages
Audition
ByCASEY O’CALLAGHAN
View abstract
chapter 37|15 pages
The temporal content of perceptual experience
ByRICK GRUSH
View abstract
part |2 pages
Part VI Personhood
chapter 38|12 pages
Action and mind
ByALFRED R. MELE
View abstract
chapter 39|13 pages
Moral judgment
ByJENNIFER NADO, DANIEL KELLY, STEPHEN STICH
View abstract
chapter 40|13 pages
Personal identity
ByMARYA SCHECHTMAN
View abstract
chapter 41|12 pages
The name and nature of confabulation
View abstract
chapter 42|14 pages
Buddhist persons and eudaimoniaBuddha
View abstract
CONTENTS
ABOUT THIS BOOK

The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Psychology is an invaluable guide and major reference source to the major topics, problems, concepts and debates in philosophy of psychology and is the first companion of its kind. A team of renowned international contributors provide forty-two chapters organised into six clear parts:

  • I. Historical background to the philosophy of psychology

    II. Psychological explanation

    III. Cognition and representation

    IV. The biological basis of psychology

    V. Perceptual experience

    VI. Personhood

The Companion covers key topics such as the origins of experimental psychology; folk psychology; behaviorism and functionalism; philosophy, psychology and neuroscience; the language of thought, modularity, nativism and representational theories of mind; consciousness and the senses; personal identity; the philosophy of psychopathology and dreams, emotion and temporality.

Essential reading for all students of philosophy of mind, science and psychology, The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Psychology will also be of interest to anyone studying psychology and its related disciplines.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |2 pages
PART I Historical background to the philosophy of psychology
chapter 1|18 pages
Rationalist roots of modern psychology
ByGARY HATFIELD
View abstract
chapter 2|20 pages
Empiricist roots of modern psychology
ByRAYMOND MARTIN
View abstract
chapter 3|18 pages
Early experimental psychology
ByALAN KIM
View abstract
chapter 4|12 pages
Freud and the unconscious
View abstract
chapter 5|19 pages
The early history of the quale and its relation to the senses
ByBRIAN L. KEELEY
View abstract
chapter 6|9 pages
Behaviourism
View abstract
chapter 7|12 pages
Cognitivism
ByALAN GARNHAM
View abstract
part |2 pages
PART II Psychological explanation
chapter 8|18 pages
What is psychological explanation?
View abstract
chapter 9|17 pages
Is folk psychology a theory?
View abstract
chapter 10|16 pages
Computational functionalism
View abstract
chapter 11|16 pages
The interface between psychology and neuroscience
View abstract
chapter 12|13 pages
Connectionism
ByAMANDA J. C. SHARKEY AND NOEL SHARKEY
View abstract
chapter 13|21 pages
Embodied cognition and the extended mind
View abstract
chapter 14|17 pages
Conceptual problems in statistics, testing and experimentation
View abstract
part |2 pages
PART III Cognition and representation
chapter 15|18 pages
Problems of representation I: nature and role
ByDAN RYDER
View abstract
chapter 16|29 pages
Problems of representation II: naturalizing content
ByDAN RYDER
View abstract
chapter 17|16 pages
The language of thought
BySUSAN SCHNEIDER
View abstract
chapter 18|26 pages
Modularity
View abstract
chapter 19|14 pages
Nativism
ByRICHARD SAMUELS
View abstract
chapter 20|10 pages
Memory
View abstract
chapter 21|14 pages
Interactivism
ByMARK BICKHARD
View abstract
chapter 22|11 pages
The propositional imagination
BySHAUN NICHOLS
View abstract
part |2 pages
Part IV The biological basis of psychology
chapter 23|14 pages
Representation and the brain
ByARTHUR B. MARKMAN
View abstract
chapter 24|13 pages
Levels of mechanisms: a field guide to the hierarchical structure of the world
View abstract
chapter 25|16 pages
Cellular and subcellular neuroscience
ByJOHN BICKLE
View abstract
chapter 26|14 pages
Evolutionary models in psychology
View abstract
chapter 27|20 pages
Development and learning
ByAARRE LAAKSO
View abstract
chapter 28|25 pages
Understanding embodied cognition through dynamical systems thinking
View abstract
part |2 pages
Part V Perceptual experience
chapter 29|18 pages
Consciousness
ByTIM BAYNE
View abstract
chapter 30|14 pages
Attention
ByCHRISTOPHER MOLE
View abstract
chapter 31|13 pages
Introspection
View abstract
chapter 32|21 pages
Dreaming
ByJOHN SUTTON
View abstract
chapter 33|13 pages
Emotion
ByANTHONY P. ATKINSON
View abstract
chapter 34|12 pages
Vision
View abstract
chapter 35|11 pages
Color
ByJONATHAN COHEN
View abstract
chapter 36|13 pages
Audition
ByCASEY O’CALLAGHAN
View abstract
chapter 37|15 pages
The temporal content of perceptual experience
ByRICK GRUSH
View abstract
part |2 pages
Part VI Personhood
chapter 38|12 pages
Action and mind
ByALFRED R. MELE
View abstract
chapter 39|13 pages
Moral judgment
ByJENNIFER NADO, DANIEL KELLY, STEPHEN STICH
View abstract
chapter 40|13 pages
Personal identity
ByMARYA SCHECHTMAN
View abstract
chapter 41|12 pages
The name and nature of confabulation
View abstract
chapter 42|14 pages
Buddhist persons and eudaimoniaBuddha
View abstract

The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Psychology is an invaluable guide and major reference source to the major topics, problems, concepts and debates in philosophy of psychology and is the first companion of its kind. A team of renowned international contributors provide forty-two chapters organised into six clear parts:

  • I. Historical background to the philosophy of psychology

    II. Psychological explanation

    III. Cognition and representation

    IV. The biological basis of psychology

    V. Perceptual experience

    VI. Personhood

The Companion covers key topics such as the origins of experimental psychology; folk psychology; behaviorism and functionalism; philosophy, psychology and neuroscience; the language of thought, modularity, nativism and representational theories of mind; consciousness and the senses; personal identity; the philosophy of psychopathology and dreams, emotion and temporality.

Essential reading for all students of philosophy of mind, science and psychology, The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Psychology will also be of interest to anyone studying psychology and its related disciplines.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |2 pages
PART I Historical background to the philosophy of psychology
chapter 1|18 pages
Rationalist roots of modern psychology
ByGARY HATFIELD
View abstract
chapter 2|20 pages
Empiricist roots of modern psychology
ByRAYMOND MARTIN
View abstract
chapter 3|18 pages
Early experimental psychology
ByALAN KIM
View abstract
chapter 4|12 pages
Freud and the unconscious
View abstract
chapter 5|19 pages
The early history of the quale and its relation to the senses
ByBRIAN L. KEELEY
View abstract
chapter 6|9 pages
Behaviourism
View abstract
chapter 7|12 pages
Cognitivism
ByALAN GARNHAM
View abstract
part |2 pages
PART II Psychological explanation
chapter 8|18 pages
What is psychological explanation?
View abstract
chapter 9|17 pages
Is folk psychology a theory?
View abstract
chapter 10|16 pages
Computational functionalism
View abstract
chapter 11|16 pages
The interface between psychology and neuroscience
View abstract
chapter 12|13 pages
Connectionism
ByAMANDA J. C. SHARKEY AND NOEL SHARKEY
View abstract
chapter 13|21 pages
Embodied cognition and the extended mind
View abstract
chapter 14|17 pages
Conceptual problems in statistics, testing and experimentation
View abstract
part |2 pages
PART III Cognition and representation
chapter 15|18 pages
Problems of representation I: nature and role
ByDAN RYDER
View abstract
chapter 16|29 pages
Problems of representation II: naturalizing content
ByDAN RYDER
View abstract
chapter 17|16 pages
The language of thought
BySUSAN SCHNEIDER
View abstract
chapter 18|26 pages
Modularity
View abstract
chapter 19|14 pages
Nativism
ByRICHARD SAMUELS
View abstract
chapter 20|10 pages
Memory
View abstract
chapter 21|14 pages
Interactivism
ByMARK BICKHARD
View abstract
chapter 22|11 pages
The propositional imagination
BySHAUN NICHOLS
View abstract
part |2 pages
Part IV The biological basis of psychology
chapter 23|14 pages
Representation and the brain
ByARTHUR B. MARKMAN
View abstract
chapter 24|13 pages
Levels of mechanisms: a field guide to the hierarchical structure of the world
View abstract
chapter 25|16 pages
Cellular and subcellular neuroscience
ByJOHN BICKLE
View abstract
chapter 26|14 pages
Evolutionary models in psychology
View abstract
chapter 27|20 pages
Development and learning
ByAARRE LAAKSO
View abstract
chapter 28|25 pages
Understanding embodied cognition through dynamical systems thinking
View abstract
part |2 pages
Part V Perceptual experience
chapter 29|18 pages
Consciousness
ByTIM BAYNE
View abstract
chapter 30|14 pages
Attention
ByCHRISTOPHER MOLE
View abstract
chapter 31|13 pages
Introspection
View abstract
chapter 32|21 pages
Dreaming
ByJOHN SUTTON
View abstract
chapter 33|13 pages
Emotion
ByANTHONY P. ATKINSON
View abstract
chapter 34|12 pages
Vision
View abstract
chapter 35|11 pages
Color
ByJONATHAN COHEN
View abstract
chapter 36|13 pages
Audition
ByCASEY O’CALLAGHAN
View abstract
chapter 37|15 pages
The temporal content of perceptual experience
ByRICK GRUSH
View abstract
part |2 pages
Part VI Personhood
chapter 38|12 pages
Action and mind
ByALFRED R. MELE
View abstract
chapter 39|13 pages
Moral judgment
ByJENNIFER NADO, DANIEL KELLY, STEPHEN STICH
View abstract
chapter 40|13 pages
Personal identity
ByMARYA SCHECHTMAN
View abstract
chapter 41|12 pages
The name and nature of confabulation
View abstract
chapter 42|14 pages
Buddhist persons and eudaimoniaBuddha
View abstract
ABOUT THIS BOOK
ABOUT THIS BOOK

The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Psychology is an invaluable guide and major reference source to the major topics, problems, concepts and debates in philosophy of psychology and is the first companion of its kind. A team of renowned international contributors provide forty-two chapters organised into six clear parts:

  • I. Historical background to the philosophy of psychology

    II. Psychological explanation

    III. Cognition and representation

    IV. The biological basis of psychology

    V. Perceptual experience

    VI. Personhood

The Companion covers key topics such as the origins of experimental psychology; folk psychology; behaviorism and functionalism; philosophy, psychology and neuroscience; the language of thought, modularity, nativism and representational theories of mind; consciousness and the senses; personal identity; the philosophy of psychopathology and dreams, emotion and temporality.

Essential reading for all students of philosophy of mind, science and psychology, The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Psychology will also be of interest to anyone studying psychology and its related disciplines.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |2 pages
PART I Historical background to the philosophy of psychology
chapter 1|18 pages
Rationalist roots of modern psychology
ByGARY HATFIELD
View abstract
chapter 2|20 pages
Empiricist roots of modern psychology
ByRAYMOND MARTIN
View abstract
chapter 3|18 pages
Early experimental psychology
ByALAN KIM
View abstract
chapter 4|12 pages
Freud and the unconscious
View abstract
chapter 5|19 pages
The early history of the quale and its relation to the senses
ByBRIAN L. KEELEY
View abstract
chapter 6|9 pages
Behaviourism
View abstract
chapter 7|12 pages
Cognitivism
ByALAN GARNHAM
View abstract
part |2 pages
PART II Psychological explanation
chapter 8|18 pages
What is psychological explanation?
View abstract
chapter 9|17 pages
Is folk psychology a theory?
View abstract
chapter 10|16 pages
Computational functionalism
View abstract
chapter 11|16 pages
The interface between psychology and neuroscience
View abstract
chapter 12|13 pages
Connectionism
ByAMANDA J. C. SHARKEY AND NOEL SHARKEY
View abstract
chapter 13|21 pages
Embodied cognition and the extended mind
View abstract
chapter 14|17 pages
Conceptual problems in statistics, testing and experimentation
View abstract
part |2 pages
PART III Cognition and representation
chapter 15|18 pages
Problems of representation I: nature and role
ByDAN RYDER
View abstract
chapter 16|29 pages
Problems of representation II: naturalizing content
ByDAN RYDER
View abstract
chapter 17|16 pages
The language of thought
BySUSAN SCHNEIDER
View abstract
chapter 18|26 pages
Modularity
View abstract
chapter 19|14 pages
Nativism
ByRICHARD SAMUELS
View abstract
chapter 20|10 pages
Memory
View abstract
chapter 21|14 pages
Interactivism
ByMARK BICKHARD
View abstract
chapter 22|11 pages
The propositional imagination
BySHAUN NICHOLS
View abstract
part |2 pages
Part IV The biological basis of psychology
chapter 23|14 pages
Representation and the brain
ByARTHUR B. MARKMAN
View abstract
chapter 24|13 pages
Levels of mechanisms: a field guide to the hierarchical structure of the world
View abstract
chapter 25|16 pages
Cellular and subcellular neuroscience
ByJOHN BICKLE
View abstract
chapter 26|14 pages
Evolutionary models in psychology
View abstract
chapter 27|20 pages
Development and learning
ByAARRE LAAKSO
View abstract
chapter 28|25 pages
Understanding embodied cognition through dynamical systems thinking
View abstract
part |2 pages
Part V Perceptual experience
chapter 29|18 pages
Consciousness
ByTIM BAYNE
View abstract
chapter 30|14 pages
Attention
ByCHRISTOPHER MOLE
View abstract
chapter 31|13 pages
Introspection
View abstract
chapter 32|21 pages
Dreaming
ByJOHN SUTTON
View abstract
chapter 33|13 pages
Emotion
ByANTHONY P. ATKINSON
View abstract
chapter 34|12 pages
Vision
View abstract
chapter 35|11 pages
Color
ByJONATHAN COHEN
View abstract
chapter 36|13 pages
Audition
ByCASEY O’CALLAGHAN
View abstract
chapter 37|15 pages
The temporal content of perceptual experience
ByRICK GRUSH
View abstract
part |2 pages
Part VI Personhood
chapter 38|12 pages
Action and mind
ByALFRED R. MELE
View abstract
chapter 39|13 pages
Moral judgment
ByJENNIFER NADO, DANIEL KELLY, STEPHEN STICH
View abstract
chapter 40|13 pages
Personal identity
ByMARYA SCHECHTMAN
View abstract
chapter 41|12 pages
The name and nature of confabulation
View abstract
chapter 42|14 pages
Buddhist persons and eudaimoniaBuddha
View abstract

The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Psychology is an invaluable guide and major reference source to the major topics, problems, concepts and debates in philosophy of psychology and is the first companion of its kind. A team of renowned international contributors provide forty-two chapters organised into six clear parts:

  • I. Historical background to the philosophy of psychology

    II. Psychological explanation

    III. Cognition and representation

    IV. The biological basis of psychology

    V. Perceptual experience

    VI. Personhood

The Companion covers key topics such as the origins of experimental psychology; folk psychology; behaviorism and functionalism; philosophy, psychology and neuroscience; the language of thought, modularity, nativism and representational theories of mind; consciousness and the senses; personal identity; the philosophy of psychopathology and dreams, emotion and temporality.

Essential reading for all students of philosophy of mind, science and psychology, The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Psychology will also be of interest to anyone studying psychology and its related disciplines.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |2 pages
PART I Historical background to the philosophy of psychology
chapter 1|18 pages
Rationalist roots of modern psychology
ByGARY HATFIELD
View abstract
chapter 2|20 pages
Empiricist roots of modern psychology
ByRAYMOND MARTIN
View abstract
chapter 3|18 pages
Early experimental psychology
ByALAN KIM
View abstract
chapter 4|12 pages
Freud and the unconscious
View abstract
chapter 5|19 pages
The early history of the quale and its relation to the senses
ByBRIAN L. KEELEY
View abstract
chapter 6|9 pages
Behaviourism
View abstract
chapter 7|12 pages
Cognitivism
ByALAN GARNHAM
View abstract
part |2 pages
PART II Psychological explanation
chapter 8|18 pages
What is psychological explanation?
View abstract
chapter 9|17 pages
Is folk psychology a theory?
View abstract
chapter 10|16 pages
Computational functionalism
View abstract
chapter 11|16 pages
The interface between psychology and neuroscience
View abstract
chapter 12|13 pages
Connectionism
ByAMANDA J. C. SHARKEY AND NOEL SHARKEY
View abstract
chapter 13|21 pages
Embodied cognition and the extended mind
View abstract
chapter 14|17 pages
Conceptual problems in statistics, testing and experimentation
View abstract
part |2 pages
PART III Cognition and representation
chapter 15|18 pages
Problems of representation I: nature and role
ByDAN RYDER
View abstract
chapter 16|29 pages
Problems of representation II: naturalizing content
ByDAN RYDER
View abstract
chapter 17|16 pages
The language of thought
BySUSAN SCHNEIDER
View abstract
chapter 18|26 pages
Modularity
View abstract
chapter 19|14 pages
Nativism
ByRICHARD SAMUELS
View abstract
chapter 20|10 pages
Memory
View abstract
chapter 21|14 pages
Interactivism
ByMARK BICKHARD
View abstract
chapter 22|11 pages
The propositional imagination
BySHAUN NICHOLS
View abstract
part |2 pages
Part IV The biological basis of psychology
chapter 23|14 pages
Representation and the brain
ByARTHUR B. MARKMAN
View abstract
chapter 24|13 pages
Levels of mechanisms: a field guide to the hierarchical structure of the world
View abstract
chapter 25|16 pages
Cellular and subcellular neuroscience
ByJOHN BICKLE
View abstract
chapter 26|14 pages
Evolutionary models in psychology
View abstract
chapter 27|20 pages
Development and learning
ByAARRE LAAKSO
View abstract
chapter 28|25 pages
Understanding embodied cognition through dynamical systems thinking
View abstract
part |2 pages
Part V Perceptual experience
chapter 29|18 pages
Consciousness
ByTIM BAYNE
View abstract
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Attention
ByCHRISTOPHER MOLE
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chapter 31|13 pages
Introspection
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chapter 32|21 pages
Dreaming
ByJOHN SUTTON
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chapter 33|13 pages
Emotion
ByANTHONY P. ATKINSON
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chapter 34|12 pages
Vision
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chapter 35|11 pages
Color
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chapter 36|13 pages
Audition
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chapter 37|15 pages
The temporal content of perceptual experience
ByRICK GRUSH
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Part VI Personhood
chapter 38|12 pages
Action and mind
ByALFRED R. MELE
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chapter 39|13 pages
Moral judgment
ByJENNIFER NADO, DANIEL KELLY, STEPHEN STICH
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chapter 40|13 pages
Personal identity
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chapter 41|12 pages
The name and nature of confabulation
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