Table of Contents

Introduction
PART ONE: EPISTEMOLOGY, PSYCHOLOGY OF SCIENCE AND THE FOUNDATIONS OF PSYCHOLOGY
Naturalism and the Abandonment of Normativity - Harvey Siegel
Psychology, Naturalized Epistemology and Rationality - Harold I Brown
Social Epistemology and Psychology - Steve Fuller
Psychology of Science - Michael E Gorman
Genetic Epistemology and Cognitive Psychology of Science - Richard F Kitchener
PART TWO: BEHAVIORISM, PSYCHOLOGY AND PHILOSOPHY
Behaviorism as Opposition to Cartesianism - Max Hocutt
Quine′s Behaviorism - Roger F Gibson
Skinner′s Theory of Theories - Richard F Kitchener
Linguistic Behaviorism as a Philosophy of Empirical Science - Ullin T Place
Skinner′s Case for Radical Behaviorism - Richard Garrett
Must Behavior Be Mechanistic? Modeling Nonmachines - Joseph F Rychlak
PART THREE: COGNITIVE SCIENCE AND PSYCHOLOGY
Computational Theories of Cognition - Herbert A Simon
Troubles with Computationalism - Mark H Bickhard
Toward a Naturalized Cognitive Science - C A Hooker
A Framework for Cooperation between Philosophy and the Natural Sciences of Intelligent Systems
Neurobehavioral Science, Neuropsychology and the Philosophy of Mind - Karl H Pribram
Typical Emotions - Aaron Ben-Ze′ev
[ITAL]`Folk Psychology′ and Its Implications for Psychological Science
Introduction - Ullin T Place
The Falsity of Folk Theories - Nick Chater and Mike Oaksford
Implications for Psychology and Philosophy
Does Science Underwrite Our Folk Psychology? - Barry C Smith
Folk Psychology from the Standpoint of Conceptual Analysis - Ullin T Place
On the Necessary Survival of Folk Psychology - Graham Richards
Folk Psychology and Its Implications for Cognitive Science - Elizabeth R Valentine
Discussion
PART FOUR: CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY AND PHILOSOPHY
Is Psychoanalysis Viable? - Adolf Gr[um]unbaum
The Value of Psychoanalytic Therapy - Edward Erwin
A Question of Standards
What Is an Irrational Belief? Rational-Emotive Therapy and Accounts of Rationality - William O′Donohue and Jason S Vass
PART FIVE: ETHICS AND PSYCHOLOGY
The Formation and Transformation of Values - Hugh Lacey and Barry Schwartz
Prescriptions for Responsible Psychiatry - Joseph Agassi
The Behavior Therapist′s Dilemma - Jon Ringen
Reflections on Autonomy, Informed Consent and Scientific Psychology
Professional Codes of Ethics and Ongoing Moral Problems in Psychology - Karen Strohm Kitchener
A Critical Examination of the Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct - William O′Donohue and Richard Mangold

About the Author

William T. O’Donohue is a licensed clinical psychologist, professor of psychology and adjunct professor in the Department of Philosophy at University of Nevada, Reno, and a faculty member of the National Judicial College. He is widely recognized in the field for his proposed innovations in mental health service delivery, in treatment design and evaluation, and in knowledge of empirically supported cognitive behavioral therapies. He is a member of the Association for the Advancement for Behavior Therapy and served on the Board of Directors of this organization. Dr. O’Donohue has published over 50 books and 150 articles in scholarly journals and book chapters. For the past 14 years, he has been director of a free clinic that treats children who have been sexually abused and adults who have been sexually assaulted.

Reviews

The Philosophy of Psychology...does more than review philosophical psychology as it exists today, but also tries to move the field in new directions. The last two sections bring philosohical reflections to issues in clinical psychology. The fourth section, Clinical Psychology and Philosophy, contains two articles on philosophical concerns about psychoanalysis - a traditional area - but breaks new ground with an article questioning the soundness of the concept of rationality underpinning rational-emotive psychotherapy. The final section, Ethics and Psychology, addresses a wide range of ethical issues in psychology, including psychology′s implicit values and inconsistencies between scientific psychology′s belief in determinism and its insistence on informed consent in therapy and experimentation. Of special interest to teachers of psychological practitioners will be two articles about the APA′s code of ethics, one of which finds it seriously wanting, whereas the other finds it a good, if flawed, attempts to define professional "goodness". The Philosophy of Psychology is a good introduction to the field it surveys. Almost all the articles can be read by someone unfamiliar with the topics discussed, and varying points of view are well represented. It might well serve as an auxilliary text in graduate-level courses in history and systems of psychology, whereas specific chapters might be assigned to courses in ethics, cognitive science, or philosophy of mind′ - Contemporary Psychology `The very wide-ranging nature of this book means that it should not only be of interest to those on courses devoted to the philosophy of psychology, but should also be relevant to courses on ethics, cognitive science and clinical psychology, at the least. One measure of a book′s usefulness should be whether it has affected one′s teaching. It certainly passes that test. I recommended it to my students′ - Psychology Teaching Review