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The study of science, sometimes referred to as metascience, is a
new and growing field that includes the philosophy of science,
history of science, sociology of science, and anthropology of
science. In the last ten years, the formal study of the psychology
of science has also emerged. The psychology of science focuses on
the individual scientist, influenced by intelligence, motivation,
personality, and the development of scientific interest, thought,
ability, and achievement over a lifespan.
Science can be defined as explicitly and systematically testing
hypotheses. Defined more broadly, science includes wider processes,
such as theory construction and the hypothesis testing seen in
children and "non-scientific" adults. Most prior work in the study
of science has emphasized the role of explicit reasoning; however,
contemporary research in psychology emphasizes the importance of
implicit processes in decision-making and choice and assumes that
the performance of many tasks involves a complex relationship
between implicit and explicit processes.
Psychology of Science brings together contributions from leaders in
the emerging discipline of the psychology of science with other
experts on the roles of implicit and explicit processes in
thinking. Highlighting the role of implicit processes in the
creation of scientific knowledge, this volume links the psychology
of science to many strands of psychology, including cognitive,
social, and developmental psychology, as well as neuroscience.
Ultimately, this volume raises awareness of the psychology of
science among psychologists, philosophers, and sociologists of
science, and anyone interested in the metasciences.
"Contextualism, in my view, will be the major theoretical issue in
psychology (as well as in the social sciences generally) in the
first quarter of the next century. The authors have written the
best general account of the issues at stake, and it is my guess
that this will be the most important and perhaps the best-selling
item in your list for some years. I say this even though I am one
of those dreadful contextualist excoriated by the authors." --James
E. Deese, University of Virginia "I admit I was a bit reluctant to
tackle this one having looked at a lot of the subject in two tries
at a Philosophy of Psychology course. I was pleased way beyond my
expectations, and I am thoroughly envious of what 'they' have done.
It is a wonderful book and should be on the 'must read' list of all
psychologists, especially those new to or just entering
psychology." --David C. Edwards, Iowa State University "It is
written in a remarkably lucid and articulate manner, particularly
considering the abstract, erudite, indeed even esoteric and
abstruse topic to which it is addressed." --Michael Wertheimer,
University of Colorado, Boulder "This book will give you the
grounds for comparing and evaluating the claims of the several
alternative 'postmodern' psychologies that have appeared in recent
years. It will show you their varieties, their grounds for
disagreement with mainstream psychology, and the adequacy of their
claims and complaints. Along the way it will instruct you in some
modern perspectives on what makes up an adequate philosophy of
science." --David C. Edwards, Iowa State University Contextualism
is a major growing movement that sees itself in opposition to the
currently dominant approach in psychology, which it characterizes
as mechanism. Contextualism is a variety of pragmatism that
endorses radical empiricism and is closely related to a variety of
other relativistic movements, such as social constructionism. This
book identifies two distinct contextualist camps and asks whether
either form of contextualism provides a satisfactory basis for the
conduct of empirical and theoretical psychology. The two varieties
of contextualism are contrasted with the authors' own conception of
the philosophy of science, which is freely adopted from Larry
Laudan. This conception provides a much more up-to-date and better
basis than contextualism for the conduct of research and theory in
psychology. The book describes methodological changes in
contextualism that will have to occur if its impact on psychology
is to increase.
"Contextualism, in my view, will be the major theoretical issue in
psychology (as well as in the social sciences generally) in the
first quarter of the next century. The authors have written the
best general account of the issues at stake, and it is my guess
that this will be the most important and perhaps the best-selling
item in your list for some years. I say this even though I am one
of those dreadful contextualist excoriated by the authors." --James
E. Deese, University of Virginia "I admit I was a bit reluctant to
tackle this one having looked at a lot of the subject in two tries
at a Philosophy of Psychology course. I was pleased way beyond my
expectations, and I am thoroughly envious of what 'they' have done.
It is a wonderful book and should be on the 'must read' list of all
psychologists, especially those new to or just entering
psychology." --David C. Edwards, Iowa State University "It is
written in a remarkably lucid and articulate manner, particularly
considering the abstract, erudite, indeed even esoteric and
abstruse topic to which it is addressed." --Michael Wertheimer,
University of Colorado, Boulder "This book will give you the
grounds for comparing and evaluating the claims of the several
alternative 'postmodern' psychologies that have appeared in recent
years. It will show you their varieties, their grounds for
disagreement with mainstream psychology, and the adequacy of their
claims and complaints. Along the way it will instruct you in some
modern perspectives on what makes up an adequate philosophy of
science." --David C. Edwards, Iowa State University Contextualism
is a major growing movement that sees itself in opposition to the
currently dominant approach in psychology, which it characterizes
as mechanism. Contextualism is a variety of pragmatism that
endorses radical empiricism and is closely related to a variety of
other relativistic movements, such as social constructionism. This
book identifies two distinct contextualist camps and asks whether
either form of contextualism provides a satisfactory basis for the
conduct of empirical and theoretical psychology. The two varieties
of contextualism are contrasted with the authors' own conception of
the philosophy of science, which is freely adopted from Larry
Laudan. This conception provides a much more up-to-date and better
basis than contextualism for the conduct of research and theory in
psychology. The book describes methodological changes in
contextualism that will have to occur if its impact on psychology
is to increase.
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