Mind : a historical and philosophical introduction to the major theories
An historical overview and evaluation of modern psychology's theoretical foundations, this title ranges from Descartes to dynamics in its discussion of such topics as introspectionism, psychoanalysis, behaviorism, and the varieties of cognitive science.
History
viii, 199 pages ; 23 cm
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Cartesianism
Dualism and materialism
Three arguments against dualism
Voluntarism and determinism
The rise and fall of introspective psychology
Introspectionism
The behaviorist critique
The psychoanalytic critique
The phenomenological critique
The third generation
The background of psychoanalysis
Irrational behavior
The concept of the unconscious
The existence of the unconscious
Other minds
Resistance
The theory of psychoanalysis
The pleasure principle
The reality principle
Moral behavior
Anxiety and defense
Psychology loses its mind : the behavioral revolution
Behaviorism and behavioral psychology
Classical conditioning
The law of effect
Drive theory
Critique of drive theory and psychoanalysis
The refutation of the strong law of effect
The refutation of behavioral psychology
The transition from behaviorism to cognitive science
Methodological behaviorism
Metaphysical behaviorism
Central state identity theory
Type and token identity
Functionalism
Mind regained : the cognitive revolution
Folk psychology
Rational belief
The representational theory of mind
The language of thought
Universal grammar
The modularity of mind
AI
Weak AI
Strong AI
Mind extended : connectionist, dynamical, and situated cognitive science
Connectionism
Criticisms of connectionism
The dynamical approach
Situated cognition