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A Wittgensteinian Perspective on the Use of Conceptual Analysis in Psychology

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  1. Timothy P. Racine

    1. Simon Fraser University, Canada

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  2. Kathleen L. Slaney

    1. Simon Fraser University, Canada

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Introduction: Conceptual Analysis and Psychology: An Overview

    • Timothy P. Racine, Kathleen L. Slaney
    Pages 1-9

  3. Prologue: Wittgenstein’s Philosophy of Psychology as a Critical Instrument for the Psychological Sciences

    • Peter M. S. Hacker
    Pages 10-27

  4. Psychology’s Inescapable Need for Conceptual Clarification

    • Daniel D. Hutto
    Pages 28-50

  5. Wittgenstein’s Method of Conceptual Investigation and Concept Formation in Psychology

    • Oskari Kuusela
    Pages 51-71

  6. Pictures of the Soul

    • Joachim Schulte
    Pages 72-86

  7. Aspect Seeing in Wittgenstein and in Psychology

    • Nicole Hausen, Michel ter Hark
    Pages 87-109

  8. Parallels in the Foundations of Mathematics and Psychology

    • Meredith Williams
    Pages 110-129

  9. Animal Minds: Philosophical and Scientific Aspects

    • Hans-Johann Glock
    Pages 130-152

  10. Realism, but Not Empiricism: Wittgenstein versus Searle

    • Danièle Moyal-Sharrock
    Pages 153-171

  11. Can a Robot Smile? Wittgenstein on Facial Expression

    • Diane Proudfoot
    Pages 172-194

  12. A Return to ‘the Inner’ in Social Theory: Archer’s ‘Internal Conversation’

    • Wes Sharrock, Leonidas Tsilipakos
    Pages 195-213

  13. Reducing the Effort in Effortful Control

    • Stuart G. Shanker, Devin M. Casenhiser
    Pages 214-232

  14. The Concepts of Suicidology

    • Michael D. Maraun
    Pages 233-252

  15. The Neuroscientific Case for a Representative Theory of Perception

    • John Preston, Severin Schroeder
    Pages 253-273

  16. Terror Management, Meaning Maintenance, and the Concept of Psychological Meaning

    • Timothy P. Racine, Kathleen L. Slaney
    Pages 274-291

  17. A Conceptual Investigation of Inferences Drawn from Infant Habituation Research

    • Michael A. Tissaw
    Pages 292-311

  18. The Unconscious Theory in Modern Cognitivism

    • Alan Costall
    Pages 312-327

  19. Back Matter

    Pages 329-332
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About this book

This edited volume includes contributions from internationally renowned experts in the philosophy of Ludwig Wittgenstein. It applies his later philosophy to concrete issues pertaining to the integrity of scientific claims in a broad spectrum of research domains within contemporary psychology.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Simon Fraser University, Canada

    Timothy P. Racine, Kathleen L. Slaney

About the editors

Devin M. Casenhiser, University of Tennessee, USA Alan Costall, University of Portsmouth, UK Hans-Johann Glock, University of Zürich, Switzerland P. M. S. Hacker, St John's College, Oxford, UK Nicole Hausen, University of Groningen, the Netherlands Daniel D. Hutto, University of Hertfordshire, UK Oskari Kuusela, University of East Anglia, UK Michael D. Maraun, Simon Fraser University, Canada Danièle Moyal-Sharrock, University of Hertfordshire, UK John Preston, University of Reading, UK Diane Proudfoot, University of Canterbury, New Zealand Severin Schroeder, University of Reading, UK Joachim Schulte, University of Zürich, Switzerland Stuart Shanker, York University, Canada Wes Sharrock, University of Manchester, UK Michel ter Hark, VU University, the Netherlands Michael A. Tissaw, State University of New York at Potsdam, USA Leonidas Tsilipakos, University of Manchester, UK Meredith Williams, Johns Hopkins University, USA

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: A Wittgensteinian Perspective on the Use of Conceptual Analysis in Psychology

  • Editors: Timothy P. Racine, Kathleen L. Slaney

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137384287

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Religion & Philosophy Collection, Philosophy and Religion (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2013

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-36915-3Published: 21 October 2013

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-35031-5Published: 01 January 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-38428-7Published: 15 October 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XV, 332

  • Topics: History of Psychology, Philosophy of Mind, General Psychology

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