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Uses an integrative approach, examining the personal, social, and
cognitive dimensions of science practice. Features engaging Case
Studies across sciences and time periods for reflection and
discussion Largely written by students for students, with
description of each author's personal connection to the scientist
examined and discussion questions following each case study.
Invites discussion of questions such as "What is a scientist?"
"What is science?" "What does it mean to do science, and when is
one doing it?" Offers scholarly commentary on the value of case
studies for psychology of science (and psychology more broadly)
Includes a chapter of commentary from an authority on case study
method and the philosophical foundations of psychology.
Uses an integrative approach, examining the personal, social, and
cognitive dimensions of science practice. Features engaging Case
Studies across sciences and time periods for reflection and
discussion Largely written by students for students, with
description of each author's personal connection to the scientist
examined and discussion questions following each case study.
Invites discussion of questions such as "What is a scientist?"
"What is science?" "What does it mean to do science, and when is
one doing it?" Offers scholarly commentary on the value of case
studies for psychology of science (and psychology more broadly)
Includes a chapter of commentary from an authority on case study
method and the philosophical foundations of psychology.
What is intuition? What constitutes an intuitive process? Why are
intuition concepts important? After many years of scholarly
neglect, interest in intuition is now exploding in psychology and
cognitive science. Moreover, intuition is also enjoying a
renaissance in philosophy. Yet no single definition of intuition
appears in contemporary scholarship; there is no consensus on the
meaning of this concept in any discipline. Rational Intuition
focuses on conceptions of intuition in relation to rational
processes. Covering a broad range of historical and contemporary
contexts, prominent philosophers, psychologists, and cognitive
scientists explore how intuition is implicated in rational activity
in its diverse forms. In bringing the philosophical history of
intuition into novel dialogue with contemporary philosophical and
empirical research, Lisa M. Osbeck and Barbara S. Held invite a
comparison of the conceptions and functions of intuition, thereby
clarifying and advancing conceptual analysis across disciplines.
Science as Psychology reveals the complexity and richness of
rationality by demonstrating how social relationships, emotion,
culture, and identity are implicated in the problem-solving
practices of laboratory scientists. In this study, the authors
gather and analyze interview and observational data from
innovation-focused laboratories in the engineering sciences to show
how the complex practices of laboratory research scientists provide
rich psychological insights, and how a better understanding of
science practice facilitates understanding of human beings more
generally. The study focuses not on dismantling the rational core
of scientific practice, but on illustrating how social, personal,
and cognitive processes are intricately woven together in
scientific thinking. The authors argue that this characterization
illustrates a way of addressing the integration problem in science
studies how to characterize the fluid entanglements of cognitive,
affective, material, cultural, and other dimensions of discovery
and problem solving. Drawing on George Kelly s person as scientist
metaphor, the authors extend the implications of this analysis to
general psychology. The book is thus a contribution to science
studies, the psychology of science, and general psychology.
Science as Psychology reveals the complexity and richness of
rationality by demonstrating how social relationships, emotion,
culture, and identity are implicated in the problem-solving
practices of laboratory scientists. In this study, the authors
gather and analyze interview and observational data from
innovation-focused laboratories in the engineering sciences to show
how the complex practices of laboratory research scientists provide
rich psychological insights, and how a better understanding of
science practice facilitates understanding of human beings more
generally. The study focuses not on dismantling the rational core
of scientific practice, but on illustrating how social, personal,
and cognitive processes are intricately woven together in
scientific thinking. The authors argue that this characterization
illustrates a way of addressing the integration problem in science
studies how to characterize the fluid entanglements of cognitive,
affective, material, cultural, and other dimensions of discovery
and problem solving. Drawing on George Kelly s person as scientist
metaphor, the authors extend the implications of this analysis to
general psychology. The book is thus a contribution to science
studies, the psychology of science, and general psychology.
This book provides a significant contribution to scholarship on the
psychology of science and the psychology of technology by
showcasing a range of theory and research distinguished as
psychological studies of science and technology. Science and
technology are central to almost all domains of human activity, for
which reason they are the focus of subdisciplines such as
philosophy of science, philosophy of technology, sociology of
knowledge, and history of science and technology. To date,
psychology has been marginal in this space and limited to
relatively narrow epistemological orientations. By explicitly
embracing pluralism and an international approach, this book offers
new perspectives and directions for psychological contributions.
The book brings together leading theorists and researchers from
around the world and spans scholarship across a variety of
traditions that include theoretical psychology, critical
psychology, feminist psychology and social constructionist
approaches. Following a historical and conceptual introduction, the
collection is divided into three sections: Scoping a New Psychology
of Science and Technology, Applying Psychological Concepts to the
Study of Science and Technology and Critical Perspectives on
Psychology as a Science. The book will interest interdisciplinary
scholars who work in the space of Science and Technology Studies
and psychologists interested in the diverse human aspects of
science and technology.
What is intuition? What constitutes an intuitive process? Why are
intuition concepts important? After many years of scholarly
neglect, interest in intuition is now exploding in psychology and
cognitive science. Moreover, intuition is also enjoying a
renaissance in philosophy. Yet no single definition of intuition
appears in contemporary scholarship; there is no consensus on the
meaning of this concept in any discipline. Rational Intuition
focuses on conceptions of intuition in relation to rational
processes. Covering a broad range of historical and contemporary
contexts, prominent philosophers, psychologists, and cognitive
scientists explore how intuition is implicated in rational activity
in its diverse forms. In bringing the philosophical history of
intuition into novel dialogue with contemporary philosophical and
empirical research, Lisa M. Osbeck and Barbara S. Held invite a
comparison of the conceptions and functions of intuition, thereby
clarifying and advancing conceptual analysis across disciplines.
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