John Symons - The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Psychology [2009][A]

Book Description
Publication Date: March 16, 2009 | ISBN-10: 0415396328 | ISBN-13: 978-0415396325
The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Psychology is an invaluable guide and major reference source to the major topics, problems, concepts and debates in philosophy of psychology and is the first companion of its kind. A team of renowned international contributors provide forty-two chapters organised into six clear parts:

I. Historical background to the philosophy of psychology
II. Psychological explanation
III. Cognition and representation
IV. The biological basis of psychology
V. Perceptual experience
VI. Personhood

The Companion covers key topics such as the origins of experimental psychology; folk psychology; behaviorism and functionalism; philosophy, psychology and neuroscience; the language of thought, modularity, nativism and representational theories of mind; consciousness and the senses; personal identity; the philosophy of psychopathology and dreams, emotion and temporality.
Essential reading for all students of philosophy of mind, science and psychology, The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Psychology will also be of interest to anyone studying psychology and its related disciplines.

Reviews
'This work should serve as the standard reference for those interested in gaining a reliable overview of the burgeoning field of philosophical psychology. Summing Up: Essential.' – Choice

‘If someone were to ask me to select a book to be placed in a cornerstone or time capsule to be opened 100 years hence, this book would be on my short list, for it will offer the intellectual historian working in 2110 a clear view of how the mind of our time is understood.’ –- Contemporary Psychology: APA Review of Books

'The essays here, by outstanding scholars in philosophy of psychology, are exemplary for their theoretical sophistication, informative explanations of empirical work, and balanced overviews of relevant research areas. Nobody interested in philosophy of psychology will want to be without this excellent volume.' – David Rosenthal, City University, New York, USA

'This collection provides an exceptionally wide-ranging review of recent advances and theoretical disputes in psychology, and closely related issues in evolutionary biology and neuroscience. It reflects philosophical sophistication, scientific expertise, and historical sensitivity.’ – Margaret Boden, University of Sussex, UK

‘This is a highly useful and timely collection of essays by philosophers who consider advances in cognitive neuroscience and their relevance for the philosophy of mind. This is a compendium that will help connect the two cultures and I enthusiastically endorse this volume to both communities.’ – Howard Eichenbaum, Boston University, USA

‘An excellent collection of new essays, many by major contributors to the literature. No library or individual interested in current work in the philosophy of psychology should wish to be without it.’ – George Graham, Georgia State University, USA

About the Author
John Symons is a Department Chair and Professor of Philosophy at the University of Kansas, USA.
Paco Calvo is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Murcia, Spain. He is co-editor (with Toni Gomila) of The Handbook of Cognitive Science: An Embodied Approach (2008).