Psychological Metaphysics

Name: Psychological Metaphysics
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ISBN: 9780585448954

ISBN-10: 0585448957

ISBN-13: 9780585448954

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Authors: Peter A. White

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"Psychological Metaphysics" is an exploration of the most basic and important assumptions in the psychological construction of reality, with the aim of showing what they are, how they originate, and what they are there for. Peter White proposes that people basically understand causation in terms of stable, special powers of things operating to produce effects under suitable conditions. This underpins an analysis of people's understanding of causal processes in the physical world, and of human action.In making a radical break with the Heiderian tradition, "Psychological Metaphysics" suggests that causal attribution is in the service of the person's practical concerns and any interest in…

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Publisher: Routledge
Binding: E-Book
Language: English



Preface


Introduction to Psychological Metaphysics


General Psychological Metaphysics


Practical Concerns and Lay Judgement


The Nature of Basicity in the Psychological Construction of Reality


Foundations


Why Regularity Information Is Not Basic to Causal Understanding


The Causal Powers Theory of Causal Processing


Origins and Development of Basic Causal Concepts


Psychological Metaphysics of the Physical World


Fundamental Assumptions about the Nature of Order in the Physical World


Causal Relations in the Physical World


Causal Order in Nature


Psychological Metaphysics of the Mind


The Concept of Action


Formation of Beliefs about the Mind


Implications for Research in Causal Attribution


The Battleground of the Mind


Judgement and Feelings


References


Name Index


Subject Index