Clinical Psychology and the Philosophy of Science

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Synopsis

​The motivation for this volume is simple. For a variety of reasons, clinical psychologists have long shown considerable interest in the philosophy of science.  When logical positivism gained currency in the 1930s, psychologists were among the most avid readers of what these philosophers had to say about science. Part of the critique of Skinner’s radical behaviorism and thus behavior therapy was that it relied on, and thus was logically dependent on, the truth of logical positivism—a claim decisively refuted both historically and logically by L.D. Smith (1986) in his important Behaviorism and Logical Positivism: A Reassessment of the Alliance.  ​

Book details

Edition:
2013
Author:
William O'Donohue
ISBN:
9783319001852
Related ISBNs:
9783319001845
Publisher:
Springer International Publishing
Pages:
N/A
Reading age:
Not specified
Includes images:
Yes
Date of addition:
2022-07-08
Usage restrictions:
Copyright
Copyright date:
2013
Copyright by:
Springer International Publishing Switzerland 
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Categories:
History, Nonfiction, Philosophy, Psychology, Science