Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Date: 2010-01-04. Hardcover. Used:Good. 2010. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht ISBN 3899717481 9783899717488 [US]

ISBN10: 3899717481, ISBN13: 9783899717488, [publisher: Vandenhoeck and Ruprecht GMBH] Hardcover New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.
[Wood Dale, IL, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2009]

Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht GMBH 11/18/2009 12: 00: 00 AM Hardcover New Book. Shipped from UK in 4 to 14 days. Established seller since 2000. Please note we cannot offer an expedited shipping service from the UK.

ISBN10: 3899717481, ISBN13: 9783899717488, [publisher: V&R unipress GmbH, Gottingen] Hardcover Hardcover. "Biologism" describes the idea that the science of biology supplies the means to exhaustively explain psychological processes. It has become vastly popular in recent decades. Manfred Velden shows that this idea is illusory on fundamental and a priori grounds. Several fields of inquiry are described, where the biologistic project has demonstrably failed, like, for example, heritability estimates for mental traits like intelligence. It is argued as well that biologism is just a further instance of an older, more comprehensive and equally illusory concept: psychology as a natural science (a science that produces generally accepted basic facts, for example the creation of a psychological risk factor for coronary disease). It is shown that psychology, masquerading as a natural science, as it largely does, may create serious societal problems like, for example, its misuse for racist purposes. The peculiar use of methodology in psychology is also documented. Describes the idea that the science of biology supplies the means to exhaustively explain psychological processes. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.
[Stevenage, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: ...
Show/Hide image

ISBN10: 3899717481, ISBN13: 9783899717488, [publisher: V&R Unipress] Hardcover
[Galway, GY, Ireland] [Publication Year: 2009]

ISBN10: 3899717481, ISBN13: 9783899717488, [publisher: V&R Unipress] Hardcover
[Olney, MD, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2010]