Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Psychology

<i> <p>The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Psychology Second Edition </i>is an invaluable guide and major reference source to the key 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-eight chapters organized into six clear parts: </p> <ul> <li>Historical background to philosophy of psychology</li> <li>Psychological explanation</li> <li>Cognition and representation</li> <li>The biological basis of psychology</li> <li>Perceptual experience</li> <li>Personhood.</li></ul> <p><i>The Companion </i>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; dreams emotion and temporality; personal identity; and the philosophy of psychopathology. </p> <p>For the second edition six new chapters have been added to address the following important topics: belief and representation in nonhuman animals; prediction error minimization; contemporary neuroscience; plant neurobiology; epistemic judgment; and group cognition. </p> <p>Essential reading for all students of philosophy of mind science and psychology <i>The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Psychology </i>will also be of interest to anyone studying psychology and its related disciplines. </p>