Philosophical Foundations of Psychotherapy promotes a critical understanding of the ideas, traditions, values, and principles that inform and shape - for better or for worse - what therapists do.
En vez de una obra de erudición filosófica o un manual filosófico, este libro busca llegar no solo a los expertos o iniciados en la disciplina, sino que quiere ser comprensible por todo aquel que se aventure a comprenderse como "animal enfermo" —como nos tituló Friedrich Nietzsche.
La filosofía como ciencia contiene un conjunto de campos de estudio como son la metafísica —analiza el porqué de las cosas—; la gnoseología —reflexiona sobre el origen de la naturaleza y el alcance del conocimiento humano—; la epistemología —estudia el conocimiento y los modos de generación del mismo—; la lógica —estudia los fundamentos de la inferencia válida y la deducción a partir de hipótesis; la ética —estudia las conductas humanas a partir de los valores—; y la estética —estudia la percepción de la belleza.
Psychic Derek Ogilvie is the baby mind reader - called in when parents have tried all else, Derek communicates with children to find the reasons behind their problem behaviour, tantrums and sleepless nights.
This volume provides a cohesive and comprehensive case that cognitive neuroscience is maturing into an integrated, interdisciplinary science that is transforming our understanding of the mind.
This book presents a collection of essays honoring Professor Harry Heft, a leading figure in the field of ecological psychology, engaging critically with his work, thought and influence.
This book presents a collection of essays honoring Professor Harry Heft, a leading figure in the field of ecological psychology, engaging critically with his work, thought and influence.
The only anthology available on material constitution, this book collects important recent work on well known puzzles in metaphysics and philosophy of mind.
This book presents a genetic-phenomenological approach of existential psychotherapy, articulating its theoretical underpinnings with principles supported by scientific evidence and concluding with clinical examples.
This book offers an uncompromising and unapologetic phenomenological study of altered states of consciousness in an attempt to understand the structure of human consciousness.
The Great Convergence explores the existential foundations of human consciousness and the deep existential dimensions of reality, as well as their connection to the concept of The Creator.
This book highlights the importance of Ludwig Wittgenstein's writings on psychology and psychological phenomena for the historical development of contemporary psychology.
This book mainly focuses on the widely distributed nature of computational tools, models, and methods, ultimately related to the current importance of computational machines as mediators of cognition.
This edited volume seeks to integrate research and scholarship on the topic of embodiment, with the idea being that thinking and feeling are often grounded in more concrete representations related to perception and action.
This accessible textbook hinges on the central assumptions of Cognitive Linguistics and Cognitive Grammar, introducing students to the analytical tools they need to approach Stylistics, an essential area in language analysis.
Drawing on work in social psychology, narrative ethics, and feminist philosophy, the author presents a new account which answers the standard objections while also giving practical guidance to individuals who take their group-related responsibilities seriously.
Drawing on a wide range of resources, including the history of philosophy, her role as director of a cognitive neuroscience group, and her Wittgensteinian training at Oxford, Jacobson provides fresh views on representation, concepts, perception, action, emotion and belief.
Introducing a new typology based on Power, Eros, Matter and Spirit as the motivations that define human attitudes and behaviour, the book outlines eight personality types based on the extraverted and introverted deployment of the four drives and applies these typological categories to Freud, Adler and Jung.
Drawing on and integrating unorthodox thought from a broad range of disciplines including clinical psychology, linguistics, philosophy, natural science and psychoanalysis, this book offers a provocative, original analysis of the global threats to our survival, and proposes a remedy.
Allerorten werden die innovativen Kräfte in Wirtschaft, Technik, Politik und Gesellschaft beschworen - es herrscht eine regelrechte lnnovationsinflation.
Jan De Vos's second book on psychologization argues that psychology IS psychologization, a phenomenon traced back from Late-Modernity to the Enlightenment.