Philosophy
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Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Shifting loyalties: reconsidering psychology's subject matter.

30 Aug 2009 Schwarz (IPBS: Integrative Psychology & Behavioral Science 43:3, 2009) cogently demonstrates that in conjunction with scientific conventionalism psychology has developed a rather deficient view of their subject matter: the human being. Psychology ... Read more...

"Der Weisheits letzter Schluss"? Wisdom's last conclusion?: commentary on "is psychology based on a methodological error?" by Michael Schwarz.

30 Aug 2009 Unexpected empirical findings lead Schwarz (2009) to question current methodological approaches within psychology. He claims that distribution anomalies, which cannot be explained by independent variables, actually prove an error in classical test ... Read more...

Affective influences in person-environment fit theory: exploring the role of affect as both cause and outcome of P-E fit.

30 Aug 2009 Person-environment (P-E) fit theory is a general framework that has been used extensively to understand thinking and behavior in organizations. However, recent research has highlighted several important issues that compromise understanding of the ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Philosophy'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Philosophy of science. The coordinates of truth. 30 Sep 2009
• Retinal structure in amplyopia. 29 Sep 2009
• [Everything is similar, certainly. Is everything equal?] 7 Sep 2009
• Shifting loyalties: reconsidering psychology's subject matter. 30 Aug 2009
• "Der Weisheits letzter Schluss"? Wisdom's last conclusion?: commentary on "is psychology based on a methodological error?" by Michael Schwarz. 30 Aug 2009
• [Was Nietzsche's genius a consequence of mental disease] 30 Aug 2009
• Affective influences in person-environment fit theory: exploring the role of affect as both cause and outcome of P-E fit. 30 Aug 2009
• A dialectical analysis of an art of dental hygiene practice. 30 Jul 2009
• Pathogenesis of nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy. 30 Jul 2009
• Do not underestimate science. 22 Jul 2009
• The question of drive vs. motive in psychoanalysis: a modest proposal. 21 Jul 2009
• Potential influence of one-handedness on politics and philosophy of the 20th century. 29 Jun 2009
• Epistemological considerations on neuroimaging--a crucial prerequisite for neuroethics. 29 Jun 2009
• Disclosure: a modest proposal. 29 Jun 2009
• Let's get real (with a small 'r'): for a health psychology that prioritizes the concrete. 29 Jun 2009
• Free will: it's a normal biological property, not a gift or a mystery. 23 Jun 2009
• Valuing communication. 18 Jun 2009
• Pattern cladistics and the 'realism-antirealism debate' in the philosophy of biology. 7 Jun 2009
• Vienna in the age of uncertainty. 30 May 2009
• On: The mother in the text: metapsychology and fantasy in the work of interpretation. 30 May 2009

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Technical information about 'Philosophy'

Definition: A love or pursuit of wisdom. A search for the underlying causes and principles of reality. (Webster, 3d ed)

Descriptor UI: D010684

Alternative terms: Philosophy; Philosophies; Philosophical Overview; Overview, Philosophical; Overviews, Philosophical; Philosophical Overviews; Stoicism; Hedonism;

Allowable Qualifiers: history;

Tree Number: K01.752;

History Note: 1963; for SECULARISM use RELIGION 1998-2001