Table of Contents
1
Cover
7
Introduction
An Overview
Philosophy of Psychology
What is Philosophy of Psychology?
Philosophy of Psychology and Philosophy of Mind
Philosophy of Psychology and Philosophy of Science
Foundational and Implicational
Why Do We Need Philosophy of Psychology?
Evaluating Psychological Studies
Replication
Research Participants
Ecological Validity
Further Resources
Articles and Books
Online Resources
Questions
8
1 Rationality
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Clarifying Rationality
1.3 Systematic Biases and Errors
Wason Selection Task
Conjunction Fallacy
Base-Rate Neglect
Preference Reversal
1.4 Pessimism about Rationality
Making Sense of the Results
Argument for Pessimism
1.5 Objections to Pessimism
The Feasibility Objection
The Meaninglessness Objection
The Ecological Rationality Objection
1.6 The Aim of Cognition
Aiming at Truth
Positive Illusions
1.7 Summary
Further Resources
Articles and Books
Online Resources
Questions
9
2 Self-Knowledge
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Clarifying Self-Knowledge
Self-Knowledge and Its Targets
Self-Knowledge: Privileged and Peculiar
2.3 Challenges to Peculiarity
Peculiarity and Parity
Dissonance Studies
Confabulation Studies
Success and Failure of Self-Knowledge
2.4 The Moderate View
2.5 The Extreme Parity View
Extreme Parity and Parsimony
The Interpretive Sensory-Access Theory
2.6 Summary
Further Resources
Articles and Books
Online Resources
Questions
10
3 Duality
3.1 Introduction
3.2 The Dual-Process Theory
Basic Ideas
Empirical Reasons: Reasoning Biases
Wason Selection Task
Belief Bias
Philosophical Reasons: The Rationality Paradox
3.3 Processes and Interactions
Type-1 and Type-2 Processes
Interaction between Type-1 and Type-2 Processes
3.4 The Dual-System Theory
Exactly Two Systems?
Two Agents?
Sloman on Criterion S
Davidson on Mental Partitioning
3.5 The Dual-State Theory
Two States
Non-Doxastic Dual-State Theory
Gendler on Aliefs and Beliefs
Doxastic Dual-State Theory
Frankish on Type-1 and Type-2 Beliefs
Schwitzgebel on In-Between Beliefs
3.6 Summary
Further
