American Freedom and the Social Sciences / / James Deese.
Discusses the two overarching and competing ideas of freedom and responsibility within American society up to the 1980's. Examines the concepts of determinism, free will, and social psychology as a whole.
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press eBook-Package Archive 1898-1999 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [1985] ©1985 |
| Year of Publication: | 1985 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Critical Assessments of Contemporary Psychology
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (242 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1. A Collision Course
- 2. The Rise of Scientific Determinism
- 3. The Varieties of Determinism
- 4. Free Will, Voluntary Action, and Freedom
- 5. The Ethos of Contemporary Psychology: I. Behaviorism
- 6. The Ethos of Contemporary Psychology: II. Social Psychology
- 7. The Ethos of Contemporary Psychology: III. Psychohistory
- 8. Objectivity and Subjectivity in Social Science
- 9. Our Conceptions of Ourselves
- Notes
- References
- Index