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Description

1. xiii, 413 pages; 23 cm

Summary

1. Psychologists and philosophers have assumed that psychological knowledge is knowledge about, and held by, the individual mind. Psychological Knowledge challenges these views. It argues that bodies of psychological knowledge are social institutions like money or the monarchy, and that mental states are social artefacts like coins or crowns. Psychological Knowledge is both an introduction to the workings of constructivism as well as an insightful exploration of the history of psychology and the recent developments in philosophy of the mind.

Series statement

1. Philosophical issues in science

Uniform title

1. Philosophical issues in science

Subject

1. Geschichte 1900-1920
2. Psychology > Philosophy
3. Psychology > History
4. Philosophy of mind
5. 08.36 philosophical anthropology, philosophy of psychology
6. Psychology
7. Denken
8. Denkpsychologie
9. Psychologie
10. Sozialphilosophie
11. Ethnopsychologie
12. Würzburger Schule Psychologie
13. Psychologie
14. Kennistheorie
15. Filosofie van de geest
16. Psychologie > Allemagne > 1900-1945
17. Psychologie et philosophie
18. Philosophie
19. Philosophie de l'esprit
20. Constructivisme (Psychologie)
21. Histoire sociale
22. Psychology > history
23. Philosophy > history
24. Deutschland
25. Germany

Genre/Form

1. History.

Contents

1. PART I.A social history of psychological knowledge: the controversy over thought psychology in Germany, 1900-20. Introduction to Part I. The Wurzburgers -- Friends and foes -- Recluse or drillmaster versus interlocutor and interrogator -- Purist versus promiscuist -- Collectivist versus individualist -- Protestant versus Catholic. PART II. The sociophilosophy of folk psychology. Introduction to Part II. The folk psychology debate -- Folk psychology as a social institution.

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (p. [369]-404) and index.