Justice and the Critique of Pure Psychology

Empiricist philosophy of science of the kind that promised truth through method and a unification of science now lies in disarray. Arguments over the indeterminancy of theoretical language, the inadequacy of induction, the empirical incommensurability of competing theories, the possibility or im­ po...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sampson, Edward
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Springer US 1983, 1983
Edition:1st ed. 1983
Series:Critical Issues in Social Justice
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • One: Introduction
  • 1 The Task
  • Two: From Mastery To Justice To Critique
  • 2 Status Congruence and Cognitive Consistency
  • 3 Research on Status Congruence: The Emergence of Justice
  • 4 Equity and Equality as Sociohistorical Principles of Justice
  • Three: Expanding the Critique
  • 5 Psychology’s Ideals: Examining the Examiners
  • 6 The Critical Theory of Society: Discovering the Roots
  • Four: The Critique of Pure Psychology
  • 7 Positivist Empiricism versus Alternatives to the Objectivist Illusion
  • 8 Psychology and Subjectivity: A Truncated Analysis
  • 9 Psychology’s Subject: The Abstracted Individual
  • Five: Psychology and Society
  • 10 Psychology: Reproductive and Transformative
  • 11 A Transformative Rationale
  • 12 Pure Psychology and Societal Reproduction
  • SIX: The Critique and Justice According To Psychology
  • 13 A Critique of the Psychology of Justice
  • 14 The Frame of Address: A Modest Proposal
  • 15 Concluding Comments
  • References