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      • mind-body problem, in the philosophy of mind and metaphysics, the problem of explaining how mental events arise from or interact with physical events. Historically, three types of theory have been most influential: psychophysical monism, property dualism, and psychophysical dualism.
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  2. Definition. Most broadly, philosophical psychology investigates the philosophical foundations of the field of psychology. It is to this extent that much of the material being investigated historically overlaps with that of philosophy in general and, consequently, retains a rich history.

  3. Sharpening psychologys theoretical tools by focusing on its conceptual foundations in a broad perspective, which includes philosophical considerations and, indeed, metaphysics, may help us make sense of the deluge of findings that would otherwise sweep us into the barren ocean of mere data.

  4. Mar 8, 2005 · The Problem of Perception is that if illusions and hallucinations are possible, then perceptual experience, as we ordinarily understand it, is impossible. The Problem is animated by two central arguments: the argument from illusion (§2.1) and the argument from hallucination (§2.2).

    • Tim Crane, Craig French
    • 2005
  5. Aug 9, 2015 · Abstract. Philosophy has always had to search for answers to a few basic questions of world view: (1) the question of the origin, nature, and evolution of the world; (2) the source of knowledge (“what can I know?”); (3) the meaning of life (“what shall I do? what may I hope?”);

    • John Erpenbeck
    • 1991
  6. This chapter will be concerned with the relationship between philosophy and psychology, especially with the increasingly interesting ways in which psychological research seriously affects philosophical speculation, confirming it in some cases, posing serious problems for it in others.

  7. Mar 21, 2007 · ‘Psychologism’ then refers (approvingly) to positions that apply psychological techniques to traditional philosophical problems (e.g. Ellis 1979, 1990). ‘Psychologism’ entered the English language as a translation of the German word ‘ Psychologismus ’, a term coined by the Hegelian Johann Eduard Erdmann in 1870 to critically ...

  8. An Introduction to the Philosophy of Psychology. Psychology aims to give us a scientific account of how the mind works. But what does it mean to have a science of the mental, and what sort of picture of the mind emerges from our best psychological theories?

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