Scientific or Basic Psychology the study of the nature of mind and the causes of human behavior

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Scientific (or Basic) Psychology the study of
the nature of mind and the causes of human
behavior Applied Psychology - Application of
psychological knowledge to particular problems
includes clinical psychology, educational
psychology, industrial-organizational psychology.
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Epistemology The study of what is meant by
"knowledge". What does it mean to "know"
something as opposed to merely having an opinion
Ontology The study of the nature of being or
the kinds of things that have existence Ethics
The study of the general nature of morals and of
the moral choices to be made by a person the
study of right and wrong
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Positivism 1. A doctrine contending that
sense perceptions are the only admissible basis
of human knowledge and precise thought. 2. The
application of this doctrine in logic, ethics,
and epistemology. 3. The system of Auguste Comte
designed to supersede theology and metaphysics
and depending on a hierarchy of the sciences,
beginning with mathematics and culminating in
sociology. The goals of positivist science
Description ? Prediction ? Control Is
there anything more we could want in an
explanation ?
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Logical Positivism Philosophy of science that
believes observations are the surest basis for
knowledge, but accepts that unobserved
hypothetical constructs can play a useful role in
scientific theories. The structure of logical
positivist theories Theoretical and
Mathematical Terms ? Operational
definitions ? Observation terms
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EEA - the Era of Evolutionary Adaptation
Evolution of homo sapiens most important
adaptive trait intelligence occurred
through adaptation to social life and
cognitive arms race. Aspects of folk
psychology may be hard-wired into the human
mind/brain
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Era Two the Agricultural Revolution
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Era Three the Scientific/Industrial Revolution
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Aristotle
Plato
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Guttenberg Bible
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Martin Luthers 95 Theses
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Anatomical Drawing by Leonardo Da Vinci
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Title page from Francis Bacons Instauratio
Magna
which contains Novum Organum
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Sir Isaac Newton (1643 1727)
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"Newton," by William Blake here Newton is
depicted as a 'divine geometer'
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A lock of Isaac Newton's hair in the library of
Trinity College, Cambridge
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René Descartes (1596 1650)
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Descartes held that, unlike humans, animals could
be reductively explained as automata De homines
1622)
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The Inner Theater of Consciousness
Stage or Screen of
Consciousness External
world Self/Soul Primary
Properties Secondary Properties
spotlight of attention
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Descartes Illlustration of inputs passed on by
the sensory organs to the epiphysis in the brain
and from there to the immaterial spirit.
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John Locke (1632-1704)
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George Berkeley (1685-1753)
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David
David Hume (1711-1776)
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Immanuel Kant (1724 1804)
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The Inner Theater of Consciousness
Screen of
Consciousness External world
Self/Soul Primary Properties
Secondary Properties
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J. O. La Mettrie (1709 -1751)
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Even the monk Is a machine -LaMettrie
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Zenos Paradox
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Pythagoras
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Reduction and replacement as science progresses
What will happen to psychology?