Ever Not Quite - Saulo de Freitas Araujo, Lisa M. Osbeck

Ever Not Quite

Pluralism(s) in William James and Contemporary Psychology
Buch | Hardcover
300 Seiten
2023
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-108-84502-1 (ISBN)
118,45 inkl. MwSt
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.
William James made many references to pluralism throughout his career. Interestingly, many contemporary psychologists also discuss pluralism and indeed call for pluralism as a corrective to the discipline's philosophical and methodological foundations. Yet, pluralism and the purposes to which it is applied are understood in a variety of ways, and the relation of contemporary pluralism to the pluralism(s) of William James is uncertain. This book offers conceptual clarification in both contexts, first distinguishing diverse senses of pluralism in psychology and then systematically examining different forms of pluralism across the writings of James. A comparison of meanings and analysis of implications follows, aimed at illuminating what is at stake in ongoing calls for pluralism in psychology.

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). Lisa M. Osbeck is Professor of Psychology at the University of West Georgia, USA. She is a past recipient of the Joseph B. Gittler award and the Arthur W. Staats lecture award from the American Psychological Foundation, and the William James Book award from the American Psychological Association (APA). Her authored works include Science as Psychology: Sense-Making and Identity in Science Practice (2010) and Values in Psychological Science (2019); her edited works include Rational Intuition (2014), Psychological Studies of Science and Technology (2019), and Person-Centered Studies in Psychology of Science (forthcoming, 2022).

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.

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Zusatzinfo Worked examples or Exercises
Verlagsort Cambridge
Sprache englisch
Maße 152 x 229 mm
Gewicht 435 g
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie
Geisteswissenschaften Psychologie Sozialpsychologie
Sozialwissenschaften Politik / Verwaltung Politische Theorie
ISBN-10 1-108-84502-9 / 1108845029
ISBN-13 978-1-108-84502-1 / 9781108845021
Zustand Neuware
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