Sam S. Rakover (1993) Metapsychology: Missing Links in Behavior, Mind, and Science
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Psycoloquy 4(55): Metapsychology: Missing Links in Behavior, Mind, and Science
METAPSYCHOLOGY: MISSING LINKS IN BEHAVIOR, MIND, AND SCIENCE
[New York: Paragon/Solomon (1990) 449 pp. ISBN 1-55778-036-6]
Precis of Rakover on Metapsychology
Sam S. Rakover
Dept. of Psychology,
Haifa University,
Haifa, Israel
rsps742@Haifauvm
Abstract
Empirical and theoretical difficulties in psychology
arising from the mind-body problem are discussed in connection with
the "introspective dilemma" of private behavior, the multiplicity
of psychological models of explanation, and psychology's progress
as a scientific discipline.
Keywords
behavior, causality, experimentation, explanation,
introspection, mind-body problem, observation, philosophy,
psychology, reductionism, science, theory.
References
- Rakover, Sam, S. (1990). Metapsychology: Missing Links in Behavior, Mind, and Science. New York: Paragon/Solomon.
- Rakover, Sam, S. (1992). Outflanking the Mind-Body Problem:
- Scientific Progress in the History of Psychology. Journal of the Theory of Social Behavior 22: 145-173.
- Rakover, Sam, S. (in press). Empirical Criteria for Task Susceptibility to Introspective Awareness and Awareness Effects. Philosophical Psychology.