Reductionism and the Development of Knowledge (Jean Piaget Symposia Series) - Image 1

£149.91

Psychology Press Reductionism and the Development of Knowledge (Jean Piaget Symposia Series)

Name: Reductionism and the Development of Knowledge (Jean Piaget Symposia Series)
Brand: Psychology Press
Price: 149.91 GBP
Availability: InStock

Cognition & Cognitive Psychology

This is the most expensive it has ever been. Walk away.

£150 today · previous high £150 · all-time low £137

NEW HERE?

Amazon shows you one price. We show you all of them.

Tosheroon watches Amazon prices so you don't have to. Every product on Amazon has a price history — we make it visible. Set the price you'd actually pay, and we'll email you the second it gets there. No app, no account, one email.

WHAT'S ON THIS PAGE

↓ Price chart
when this has been cheap or pricey

↓ Forecast
where the price is heading next

↓ Statistics
all-time high & low, recent range

↑ Price alert
name your number, we'll email you

Price History & Forecast

Grey patches = out of stock. Cheaper = lower on the chart. Hover for exact prices.

Last 49 days · 49 data points (no recent data)

Historical

Generating forecast…

Price Distribution

Price distribution over 49 days • 2 price levels

Days at Price

Current Price

Price Analysis

Most common price: £137 (43 days, 87.8%)

Price range: £137 - £150

Price levels: 2 different prices over 49 days

Description

Among the many conceits of modern thought is the idea that philosophy, tainted as it is by subjective evaluation, is a shaky guide for human affairs. People, it is argued, are better off if they base their conduct either on know-how with its pragmatic criterion of truth (i.e., possibility) or on science with its universal criterion of rational necessity. Since Helmholtz, there has been increasing concern in the life sciences about the role of reductionism in the construction of knowledge. Is psychophysics really possible? Are biological phenomena just the deducible results of chemical phenomena? And if life can be reduced to molecular mechanisms only, where do these miraculous molecules come from, and how do they work? On a psychological level, people wonder whether psychological phenomena result simply from genetically hardwired structures in the brain or whether, even if not genetically determined, they can be identified with the biochemical processes of that organ. In sociology, identical questions arise. If physical or chemical reduction is not practicable, should we think in terms of other forms of reduction, say, the reduction of psychological to sociological phenomena or in terms of what Piaget has called the "reduction of the lower to the higher" (e.g., teleology)? All in all, then, reductionism in both naive and sophisticated forms permeates all of human thought and may, at least in certain cases, be necessary to it. If so, what exactly are those cases? The papers collected in this volume are all derived from the 29th Annual Symposium of the Jean Piaget Society. The intent of the volume is to examine the issue of reductionism on the theoretical level in several sciences, including biology, psychology, and sociology. A complementary intent is to examine it from the point of view of the practical effects of reductionistic doctrine on daily life.

Product Specifications

Brand: Psychology Press
Format: hardcover
ASIN: 0805840699
Category: Books > Subjects > Health, Family & Lifestyle > Psychology & Psychiatry > Cognition & Cognitive Psychology
Domain: Amazon UK
Release Date: 01 November 2002
Listed Since: 16 February 2007

Barcode

No barcode data available

Psychology Press Reductionism and the Development of Knowledge (Jean Piaget Symposia Series)

This is the most expensive it has ever been. Walk away.

Price History & Forecast

Price Distribution

Price Analysis

Description

Product Specifications

Barcode

Similar Products You Might Like

Routledge Sociological Realism - Critical Realism Book

Hermeneutic Dialogue and Shaping the Landscape of Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology: The Work of Frank Richardson

Jacques Ellul and the Technological Society in the 21st Century: 13 (Philosophy of Engineering and Technology, 13)

On Voluntary Servitude: False Consciousness and The Theory of Ideology

Wilhelm Dilthey – Selected Works, Volume II – Understanding the Human World: 02

Norms in Technology: 9 (Philosophy of Engineering and Technology, 9)

Cognitive Variations: Reflections on the Unity and Diversity of the Human Mind

Philosophy and Cognitive Science: Western & Eastern Studies: 2 (Studies in Applied Philosophy, Epistemology and Rational Ethics, 2)

Jacques Ellul and the Technological Society in the 21st Century: 13 (Philosophy of Engineering and Technology, 13)

Meaning of Life and the Universe: Transforming

Nico Stehr: Pioneer in the Theory of Society and Knowledge: 16 (Pioneers in Arts, Humanities, Science, Engineering, Practice, 16)

Philosophy and Cognitive Science: Western & Eastern Studies: 2 (Studies in Applied Philosophy, Epistemology and Rational Ethics, 2)

Creativity, Psychology and the History of Science: 245 (Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science, 245)

Towards a Framework for Representational Competence in Science Education: 11 (Models and Modeling in Science Education, 11)

Creativity, Psychology and the History of Science: 245 (Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science, 245)

Lived World of Social Theory & Methods (Contemporary Cultural Studies)

Encyclopedia and Utopia: The Life and Work of Otto Neurath (1882-1945): 4 (Vienna Circle Institute Yearbook, 4)

Encyclopedia and Utopia: The Life and Work of Otto Neurath (1882-1945): 4 (Vienna Circle Institute Yearbook, 4)

Art Inspiring Transmutations of Life: 106 (Analecta Husserliana, 106)

Handbook of Child Psychology and Developmental Science, Theory and Method: 1

ECSCW 2009: Proceedings of the 11th European Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work, 7-11 September 2009, Vienna, Austria

ECSCW 2009: Proceedings of the 11th European Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work, 7-11 September 2009, Vienna, Austria

The Utopian Globalists: Artists of Worldwide Revolution, 1919 - 2009

Essays on the Philosophical Nexus between Religion and Politics. Volume 2 (Religion and Society)