Clinical Psychology and the Philoso - E-book

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Clinical Psychology And The Philosophy Of Science - ENG

William ODonohue

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ISBN:	9783319001852
Formato:	ePub
Idioma:	Inglés
Editorial:	Springer Nature
Tema:	Psicología
Subtema:	Psicología Clínica
Año de publicación:	2013-05-13

â€‹The motivation for this volume is simple. For a variety of reasons, clinical psychologists have long shown considerable interest in the philosophy of science.Â 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 radical behaviorism and thus behavior therapy was that it relied on, and thus was logically dependent on, the truth of logical positivismâ€”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.Â â€‹

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