The Philosophy of Psychology

William T. O’Donohue is a licensed clinical psychologist, professor of psychology and adjunct professor in the Department of Philosophy at University of Nevada, Reno, and a faculty member of the National Judicial College. He is widely recognized in the field for his proposed innovations in mental health service delivery, in treatment design and evaluation, and in knowledge of empirically supported cognitive behavioral therapies. He is a member of the Association for the Advancement for Behavior Therapy and served on the Board of Directors of this organization. Dr. O’Donohue has published over 50 books and 150 articles in scholarly journals and book chapters. For the past 14 years, he has been director of a free clinic that treats children who have been sexually abused and adults who have been sexually assaulted.

The Philosophy of Psychology...does more than review philosophical psychology as it exists today, but also tries to move the field in new directions. The last two sections bring philosohical reflections to issues in clinical psychology. The fourth section, Clinical Psychology and Philosophy, contains two articles on philosophical concerns about psychoanalysis - a traditional area - but breaks new ground with an article questioning the soundness of the concept of rationality underpinning rational-emotive psychotherapy. The final section, Ethics and Psychology, addresses a wide range of ethical issues in psychology, including psychology′s implicit values and inconsistencies between scientific psychology′s belief in determinism and its insistence on informed consent in therapy and experimentation. Of special interest to teachers of psychological practitioners will be two articles about the APA′s code of ethics, one of which finds it seriously wanting, whereas the other finds it a good, if flawed, attempts to define professional "goodness".The Philosophy of Psychology is a good introduction to the field it surveys. Almost all the articles can be read by someone unfamiliar with the topics discussed, and varying points of view are well represented. It might well serve as an auxilliary text in graduate-level courses in history and systems of psychology, whereas specific chapters might be assigned to courses in ethics, cognitive science, or philosophy of mind′ - Contemporary Psychology`The very wide-ranging nature of this book means that it should not only be of interest to those on courses devoted to the philosophy of psychology, but should also be relevant to courses on ethics, cognitive science and clinical psychology, at the least. One measure of a book′s usefulness should be whether it has affected one′s teaching. It certainly passes that test. I recommended it to my students′ - Psychology Teaching Review

• IntroductionPART ONE: EPISTEMOLOGY, PSYCHOLOGY OF SCIENCE AND THE FOUNDATIONS OF PSYCHOLOGYNaturalism and the Abandonment of Normativity - Harvey SiegelPsychology, Naturalized Epistemology and Rationality - Harold I BrownSocial Epistemology and Psychology - Steve FullerPsychology of Science - Michael E GormanGenetic Epistemology and Cognitive Psychology of Science - Richard F KitchenerPART TWO: BEHAVIORISM, PSYCHOLOGY AND PHILOSOPHYBehaviorism as Opposition to Cartesianism - Max HocuttQuine′s Behaviorism - Roger F GibsonSkinner′s Theory of Theories - Richard F KitchenerLinguistic Behaviorism as a Philosophy of Empirical Science - Ullin T PlaceSkinner′s Case for Radical Behaviorism - Richard GarrettMust Behavior Be Mechanistic? Modeling Nonmachines - Joseph F RychlakPART THREE: COGNITIVE SCIENCE AND PSYCHOLOGYComputational Theories of Cognition - Herbert A SimonTroubles with Computationalism - Mark H BickhardToward a Naturalized Cognitive Science - C A HookerA Framework for Cooperation between Philosophy and the Natural Sciences of Intelligent SystemsNeurobehavioral Science, Neuropsychology and the Philosophy of Mind - Karl H PribramTypical Emotions - Aaron Ben-Ze′ev[ITAL]`Folk Psychology′ and Its Implications for Psychological ScienceIntroduction - Ullin T PlaceThe Falsity of Folk Theories - Nick Chater and Mike OaksfordImplications for Psychology and PhilosophyDoes Science Underwrite Our Folk Psychology? - Barry C SmithFolk Psychology from the Standpoint of Conceptual Analysis - Ullin T PlaceOn the Necessary Survival of Folk Psychology - Graham RichardsFolk Psychology and Its Implications for Cognitive Science - Elizabeth R ValentineDiscussionPART FOUR: CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY AND PHILOSOPHYIs Psychoanalysis Viable? - Adolf Gr[um]unbaumThe Value of Psychoanalytic Therapy - Edward ErwinA Question of StandardsWhat Is an Irrational Belief? Rational-Emotive Therapy and Accounts of Rationality - William O′Donohue and Jason S VassPART FIVE: ETHICS AND PSYCHOLOGYThe Formation and Transformation of Values - Hugh Lacey and Barry SchwartzPrescriptions for Responsible Psychiatry - Joseph AgassiThe Behavior Therapist′s Dilemma - Jon RingenReflections on Autonomy, Informed Consent and Scientific PsychologyProfessional Codes of Ethics and Ongoing Moral Problems in Psychology - Karen Strohm KitchenerA Critical Examination of the Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct - William O′Donohue and Richard Mangold