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The Wiley Handbook of Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology : Methods, Approaches, and New Directions for Social Sciences.

Martin, Jack.

The Wiley Handbook of Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology : Methods, Approaches, and New Directions for Social Sciences. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (497 pages)

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- About the Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1 Editors' Introduction -- Theoretical Psychology: A Brief History -- Contemporary Roles and Functions of Theoretical Psychology -- Organization, Content, and Invitation -- References -- Part I Philosophical/Conceptual Approaches -- Chapter 2 Philosophical Anthropology -- 1. The Connection to Wittgenstein -- 2. The "Radically Defective" Framework -- 3. The Remedy: "Wittgensteinian Monism" -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 3 Conceptual Analysis -- The Motivation for and Practice of Conceptual Analysis -- The Grounds for Applying Concepts -- Two Common Objections to Conceptual Analysis -- An Illustrative Example of Conceptual Analysis -- Summary and Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 4 Philosophical Hermeneutics -- Schleiermacher and Romantic Hermeneutics -- Dilthey's Grounding of the Human Sciences -- Contemporary Hermeneutics -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 5 An Aristotelian Analysis of the Structure of Human Action -- Aristotle on the Pursuit of the Good -- Attachment -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 6 Phenomenology: Methods, Historical Development, and Applications in Psychology -- Phenomenological Method and Problems -- Applications of Phenomenological Method -- The History of Phenomenological Methods Relevant to Psychology -- An Application: Qualitative Methods for Psychological Research -- The Unity and Generality of Phenomenological Method -- The Variations, Scope, and Limits of Phenomenological Methods -- The Future and Affordances of Phenomenological Psychology -- References -- Chapter 7 Theory for and as Social Practice of Realizing the Future: Implications from a Transformative Activist Stance -- Landscape -- Vygotsky's Project -- Transformative Activist Stance -- Conclusions -- References. Chapter 8 Rhetoric and Psychology: Ending the Dominance of Nouns -- Underestimating the Importance of Rhetoric -- Nouns and Passives -- Nominalization and Passivization: Problems for the Social Sciences -- Passivization: Tidying Away the Mess -- Nominalization versus Clear Descriptions -- From Manipulation to Manipulating -- Concluding Remarks -- References -- Part II Historical Approaches -- Chapter 9 Historical Thinking as a Tool for Theoretical Psychology: On Objectivity -- History of Science -- History of the Present -- History as Reconstruction -- History of the Politics of Difference -- Historical Psychology -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 10 The History of Psychological Objects -- Approaches to the History of Psychology -- Naïve Naturalism and Its Problems -- Relevant Literature from the History of Science and Medicine -- The Work of Kurt Danziger -- Theoretical and Philosophical Implications -- References -- Chapter 11 Historical Ontology -- Foucaultian Origins -- Ian Hacking: Historical Ontology and Making Up People -- Social Anxiety Disorder: A Case of Making Up People -- Nikolas Rose: Critical Historical Ontology and the Psy Disciplines -- Educational Psychology and the Triple E Self -- Implications and Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 12 Historiometry -- Description -- History -- Examples -- Evaluation -- References -- Chapter 13 Statistical Thinking in Psychological Research: In Quest of Clarity through Historical Inquiry and Conceptual Analysis -- On the Whence and Wherefore of Statistical Thinking in Psychological Research -- How is Galtonian/Neo-Galtonian Inquiry Supposed to Advance Scientific Psychology's Knowledge Objectives? -- Why Galtonian/Neo-Galtonian Inquiry Fails as a Framework for Psychological Inquiry -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Part III Narrative and Social Psychological Approaches. Chapter 14 Narrative Psychology and Life Stories -- Theoretical Context -- Narrative Theory in Psychology -- Applications of Narrative Theory and Life Story Research -- Critical Assessment -- References -- Chapter 15 Narrative Hermeneutics -- Introduction: Beginning with Life -- Narrative Hermeneutics in Theory -- Narrative Hermeneutics in Practice -- Strategies of Exploration in Narrative Hermeneutics -- References -- Chapter 16 Life Positioning Analysis -- Position Exchange Theory -- Doing Life Positioning Analysis -- Life Positioning Analysis and Theoretical Psychology -- References -- Chapter 17 Positioning Theory -- Moral Orders -- Research Methods Appropriate to Positioning Studies -- The Role of Rules -- The Rise of Alternatives Psychologies -- The Positioning Frame -- Concluding Remarks -- References -- Chapter 18 The Personal Position Repertoire (PPR) Method as Based on Dialogical Self Theory -- Introduction -- Transcending a Modern Conception of the Self -- Dialogue is Spatial and Positioned -- What is a Dialogical Self? -- The Personal Position Repertoire (PPR) Method -- Applications of the PPR Method -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 19 Subjectivity as Socioculturally Constituted Experience -- Why Psychology Needs More Subjectivity -- What is Subjectivity? -- Three Elements for the Study of Subjectivity -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 20 A Transdisciplinary Psychosocial Approach -- First Example: Disciplines as Psychosocial Phenomena -- Between Atlas and Hermes -- Transition -- Liminality -- Transaction -- Transposition -- Foundation by Exclusion -- Primary abstraction -- An Example of Limited Transdisciplinarity: Social Constructionism -- Conclusion: Transgression -- References -- Part IV Theoretical Studies of Scientific, Professional, and Life Practices. Chapter 21 Allies in Interdisciplinary Spaces: Theoretical Psychology and Science Studies -- Project and Context -- The Laboratories -- Data Collection and Analysis -- The Acting Person: Science and General Psychology (Osbeck) -- Science and the Subject (Malone) -- Integration and Overlap -- Note -- References -- Chapter 22 "I'm Not That Kind of Psychologist": A Case for Methodological Pragmatism in Theoretical Inquiries into Psychological Science Practices -- Construct Validity Theory -- Excavating Construct Validity Theory and Practice -- Some Tentative Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 23 The Value of Experiments in Psychology -- Finite versus Infinite Numbers of Possible Interpretations -- The Pseudo-Empirical -- Reversible Versus Irreversible Processes -- The Limited Usefulness of Means and Probabilities -- Conclusions about Randomized Controlled Trials -- An Alternative to Experimental Psychology -- References -- Chapter 24 Feminism and Theoretical Psychology -- Feminist Postmodernism/Social Constructionism -- Standpoint Theories: Situating the Subject of Knowledge -- Black Feminism and Critical Race Theory -- Feminist Postcolonial Theory -- Psychoanalytic Feminisms: Tensions and Possibilities -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 25 Surprisability and Practical Rationality: Knowledge Advancement through the Explication of Interpretation -- The Good Teacher -- Technical and Practical Rationality -- The Themes of a Practical Mode of Inquiry -- Advancing Disciplinary Inquiry -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 26 Empirical Philosophy: Using Your Everyday Life in Theoretical Psychology -- Life as Research - Research as Life -- Abduction and Theoretical Thinking Tools -- Guilt in the Media: An Example -- Implications and Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 27 Theoretical Bases of Psychotherapeutic Practices. Survey of Methods: Literature Review -- Moral Visions: Hermeneutics and Psychotherapy -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 28 Contemporary Psychoanalysis: The Post-Cartesian Turn in Theory and Practice -- From Mind to Context -- Understanding in Worldly Contexts -- Experiential Worlds -- The Primacy of Relation -- Post-Cartesian Psychoanalysis -- Clinical Process -- References -- Index -- EULA.

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