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Psychological metaphysics

Title: Psychological metaphysics / Peter A. White.
Author: White, Peter A. (Peter Anthony), 1954-
Publication: London ; New York : Routledge, 1993.

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Description

xi, 324 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.

Series Statement

International library of psychology

Uniform Title

International library of psychology.

Subject

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

1. Introduction to psychological metaphysics -- pt. 1. General psychological metaphysics -- 2. Practical concerns and lay judgement -- 3. The nature of basicity in the psychological construction of reality -- 4. Foundations: basic categories and basic particulars -- 5. Why regularity information is not basic to causal understanding -- 6. The causal powers theory of causal processing -- 7. Origins and development of basic causal concepts -- pt. 2. Psychological metaphysics of the physical world -- 8. Fundamental assumptions about the nature of order in the physical world -- 9. Causal relations in the physical world -- 10. Causal order in nature -- pt. 3. Psychological metaphysics of the mind -- 11. The concept of action -- 12. Formation of beliefs about the mind -- 13. Implications for research in causal attribution -- 14. The battleground of the mind -- 15. Judgement and feelings.

ISBN

0415083311
9780415083317

LCCN

92024480

OCLC

ocm26161026
26161026
SCSB-1983345

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library