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American Freedom and the Social Sciences / James Deese.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Critical Assessments of Contemporary PsychologyPublisher: New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [1985]Copyright date: ©1985Description: 1 online resource (242 p.)Content type:
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  • 9780231902526
  • 9780231877817
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  • online - DeGruyter
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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
Summary: 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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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

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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.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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