Philosophical and Empirical Approaches to Psychology

Philosophical and Empirical Approaches to Psychology critically assesses various ideas about the mind present in psychological research and their influence on psychologists’ choice and use of research method. This book references and integrates the philosophy of psychology with experimental psychology.

Giuseppe Lo Dico is a postdoctoral fellow at Catholic University of Milan.

Introduction Chapter 1: Mentalism Chapter 2: Anti-Mentalism Chapter 3: New Mentalism Chapter 4: New Anti-Mentalism Chapter 5: A Re-Evaluation of the Damasio's Somatic Marker Hypothesis Chapter 6: Re-testing the Somatic Marker Hypothesis I: Replication and Behavioural Data Chapter 7: Re-testing the Somatic Marker Hypothesis II: Physiological and Qualitative Data Chapter 8: Doubts on the Somatic Marker Hypothesis Chapter 9: Concluding Considerations Appendix A Appendix B References About the Author