The Psychology of Scientific Inquiry

• Main Author: Toomela, Aaro (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Theoretical Advances in Psychology ,
• Subjects: Cognitive psychology.; Critical theory.; Epistemology.; Philosophy and science.; Critical psychology.; Psychology, Experimental.; Cognitive Psychology.; Critical Theory.; Philosophy of Science.; Critical Psychology.; Experimental Psychology.

This brief sets out on a course to distinguish three main kinds of thought that underlie scientific thinking. Current science has not agreed on an understanding of what exactly the aim of science actually is, how to understand scientific knowledge, and how such knowledge can be achieved. Furthermore...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter1: The problem. Psychology: A science yet to become science
• Chapter2: Science is based on certain assumptions
• Chapter3: Doubts, assumptions, and social sciences and psychology today
• Chapter4: Causality, understanding and explanation: Philosophical roots
• Chapter5: Causality, understanding and explanation: Fundamentally limited views
• Chapter6: Causality, understanding and explanation: Back to the roots
• Chapter7: Theory of causality and modern mainstream psychology
• Chapter8: What next? Back to the future.