A Suspicious Science: The Uses of Psychology

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Rami Gabriel (Associate Professor of Psychology, Associate Professor of Psychology, Columbia College Chicago)

A Suspicious Science

The Uses of Psychology

Rami Gabriel (Associate Professor of Psychology, Associate Professor of Psychology, Columbia College Chicago)

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Oxford University Press Inc
31 May 2023

Cognitivism, cognitive theory; Philosophy of science

From self-help to medication, therapy, and cognitive neuroscience, this book traces the uses and limits of psychology. Offering a systematic exploration of the ways in which psychology is used in contemporary society, it refines our understanding of the extent of the field. In addition to conceptual analysis of how science, truth, biology, mind, and meaning intersect and interact in the mind sciences, A Suspicious Science draws from history and anthropology to articulate an interdisciplinary multi-level form of psychology that may serve to orient the field. The book synthesizes debates in psychology and philosophy concerning methodology and the nature of explanation with debates about its practical context as a human science.

Ultimately, it suggests psychology provides us myths and rituals that ground a particular sense of meaning and motivation in our lives. By aligning cultural, emotional, and philosophical uses of psychology, this book clarifies a synoptic, humanistic model

of the mind within the human sciences.

By: Rami Gabriel (Associate Professor of Psychology Associate Professor of Psychology Columbia College Chicago)
Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 164mm, Width: 237mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 503g
ISBN: 9780197513583
ISBN 10: 0197513581
Pages: 280
Publication Date: 31 May 2023
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Preface Introduction Part One Chapter 1. How to fit the Mind in a Lab Chapter 2. The Pragmatic Use of Metaphor Chapter 3. Contemporary Empirical Psychology Interlude Mythology, Belief, and Superstition Part Two Chapter 4. Popular Psychology Chapter 5. Discursive uses Chapter 6. Drugs and Agency Chapter 7. Art and Reflexivity Conclusion Notes Acknowledgements Bibliography

Rami Gabriel is the co-author of The Emotional Mind: The Affective Roots of Culture and Cognition (2019) and the author of Why I Buy: Self, Taste, and Consumer Society in America (2013). He publishes research on the philosophy of psychology, affective neuroscience, and consciousness studies. Gabriel is Associate Professor of Psychology at Columbia College Chicago.