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Title On hijacking science : exploring the nature and consequences of overreach in psychology / edited by Edwin E. Gantt and Richard N. Williams
Published New York : Routledge, 2018

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Description 1 online resource (xx, 123 pages)
Series Advances in theoretical and philosophical psychology
Contents Preface: a 'science' of psychology: the enduring aspiration -- Introduction: science, scientism, and psychology -- Epistemology and the boundaries between phenomena and conventions -- Hayek and Hempel on the nature, role, and limitations of science -- On scientism in psychology: some observations of historical relevance -- Why science needs intuition -- Scientism and saturation: evolutionary psychology, human experience, and the phenomenology of Jean-Luc Marion -- Psychotherapy and scientism -- Science and society: effects, reactions, and a call for reformation -- Beyond scientism: reaches in psychology toward a science of consciousness -- Index
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed May 14, 2018)
Subject Psychology -- Philosophy.
Psychology -- Study and teaching.
PSYCHOLOGY -- Reference.
Psychology -- Philosophy
Psychology -- Study and teaching
Form Electronic book
Author Gantt, Edwin E., 1965- editor.
Williams, Richard N., 1950- editor.
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