A New Logical Foundation for Psychology [electronic resource] / by Jens Mammen.

By: Mammen, Jens [author.]Contributor(s): SpringerLink (Online service)Material type: TextTextSeries: SpringerBriefs in PsychologyPublisher: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017Description: XVII, 130 p. 28 illus., 16 illus. in color. online resourceContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9783319677835Subject(s): Psychology | Cognitive psychology | Psychology | Cognitive PsychologyAdditional physical formats: Printed edition:: No titleDDC classification: 153 LOC classification: BF201Online resources: e-book Full-text access
Contents:
Chapter 1. A Historical and Logical Perspective -- Chapter 2. Overcoming the Mechanistic and Functionalistic Reductions -- Chapter 3. The Dual Structure in Our Encounter Within the World -- Chapter 4. An Axiomatic System Describing a New Dual Logic -- Chapter 5. Perspectives on the Foundation of Mathematics -- Chapter 6. Implications for Psychological Theory -- Chapter 7. Appendix with Technical Details. .
In: Springer eBooksSummary: This SpringerBrief provides an interdisciplinary synthesis based on psychology, logic, mathematics, cognitive science, and the history of science. It presents psychology as a science that suffers from a reduced understanding of the most fundamental logic in our practical-bodily encounters with the world, including with our fellow human beings. The Brief offers a new "dual" logic that is based on the duality between identification and description of objects, including persons. The Brief ties in modern mathematics as a tool that can be used to catch this duality in a precise manner.  Featured topics in this Brief include:  The emergence of Mechanism. The duality in animal and human subject-object relations. Psychology's compatibility with natural sciences. Four cornerstones of modern mathematics. The Extensional Method.  A New Logical Foundation for Psychology will be of interest to psychologist, philosophers, and mathematicians concerned with basic theoretical and methodological problems. .

Chapter 1. A Historical and Logical Perspective -- Chapter 2. Overcoming the Mechanistic and Functionalistic Reductions -- Chapter 3. The Dual Structure in Our Encounter Within the World -- Chapter 4. An Axiomatic System Describing a New Dual Logic -- Chapter 5. Perspectives on the Foundation of Mathematics -- Chapter 6. Implications for Psychological Theory -- Chapter 7. Appendix with Technical Details. .

This SpringerBrief provides an interdisciplinary synthesis based on psychology, logic, mathematics, cognitive science, and the history of science. It presents psychology as a science that suffers from a reduced understanding of the most fundamental logic in our practical-bodily encounters with the world, including with our fellow human beings. The Brief offers a new "dual" logic that is based on the duality between identification and description of objects, including persons. The Brief ties in modern mathematics as a tool that can be used to catch this duality in a precise manner.  Featured topics in this Brief include:  The emergence of Mechanism. The duality in animal and human subject-object relations. Psychology's compatibility with natural sciences. Four cornerstones of modern mathematics. The Extensional Method.  A New Logical Foundation for Psychology will be of interest to psychologist, philosophers, and mathematicians concerned with basic theoretical and methodological problems. .

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