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A Conceptual History of Psychology: Exploring the Tangled Web
John D. Greenwood
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In the new edition of this original and penetrating book, John D. Greenwood provides an in-depth analysis of the subtle conceptual continuities and discontinuities that inform the history of psychology from the speculations of the Ancient Greeks to contemporary cognitive psychology. He also demonstrates the fashion in which different conceptions of human and animal psychology and behavior have become associated and disassociated over the centuries. Moving easily among psychology, history of science, physiology, and philosophy, Greenwood provides a critically challenging account of the development of psychology as a science. He relates the remarkable stories of the intellectual pioneers of modern ... Read more
In the new edition of this original and penetrating book, John D. Greenwood provides an in-depth analysis of the subtle conceptual continuities and discontinuities that inform the history of psychology from the speculations of the Ancient Greeks to contemporary cognitive psychology. He also demonstrates the fashion in which different conceptions of human and animal psychology and behavior have become associated and disassociated over the centuries. Moving easily among psychology, history of science, physiology, and philosophy, Greenwood provides a critically challenging account of the development of psychology as a science. He relates the remarkable stories of the intellectual pioneers of modern ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
570
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781107666801
SKU
V9781107666801
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About John D. Greenwood
John D. Greenwood is Professor of Philosophy at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, where he currently serves in the PhD Programs in Philosophy and Psychology. He is the author of four books, What Happened to the Social In American Social Psychology (Cambridge University Press, 2004), Realism, Identity and Emotion (1994), Relations and Representations (1991) and ... Read more
Reviews for A Conceptual History of Psychology: Exploring the Tangled Web
'A Conceptual History of Psychology: Exploring the Tangled Web brings intellectual clarity to the fascinating and complex evolution of the discipline known as psychology.' David Leary, University of Richmond 'This work is a most impressive accomplishment. True to Greenwood's stated objective, he has produced a comprehensive history of psychology that traces the critical conceptual continuities and discontinuities in the development ... Read more