Michael E. Hyland (1994) Methodological Complementarity and the Mind-body Problem
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Psycoloquy 5(16): Methodological Complementarity and the Mind-body Problem
METHODOLOGICAL COMPLEMENTARITY AND THE MIND-BODY PROBLEM
Book review of Rakover on Metapsychology
Michael E. Hyland
Department of Psychology
University of Plymouth
Plymouth PL4 8AA
England
Irving Kirsch
Department of Psychology, U-20
University of Connecticut
Storrs, CT 06269-1020
p02165@prime-a.plymouth.ac.uk
irvingk@uconnvm.bitnet
Abstract
"Methodological complementarity" is a pragmatic response to
the current insolubility of the mind-body problem and should be
considered alongside Rakover's mind-body skepticism.
Keywords
behavior, causality, experimentation, explanation,
introspection, mind-body problem, observation, philosophy,
psychology, reductionism, science, theory.
References
- Hyland, M.E., (1985). Do Person Variables Exist in Different Ways? American Psychologist; 40: 1003-1010.
- Hyland, M.E., & Kirsch, I. (1988). Methodological Complementarity: With and Without Reductionism. Journal of Mind and Behavior; 9: 5-12.
- Kirsch, I., & Hyland, M.E. (1987). How Thoughts Affect the Body: A Metatheoretical Framework. Journal of Mind and Behavior; 8: 417-434.
- Kirsch, I., & Hyland, M.E. (1989). Causal Isomorphism and Complementarity: Setting the Record Straight. Journal of Mind and Behavior, 10, 197-203
- Rakover, S.S. (1990). Metapsychology: Missing Links in Behavior, Mind, and Science. New York: Paragon/Solomon.
- Rakover, S.S. (1993). Precis of Metapsychology: Missing Links in Behavior, Mind, and Science. PSYCOLOQUY 4(55) metapsychology.1.rakover.