Brent D. Slife

Kari A. O'Grady

Russell D. Kosits

By revealing underlying assumptions that influence the field of psychology, this book challenges psychologists to reconsider the origins of ideas they may take as psychological truths

The Hidden Worldviews of Psychology’s Theory, Research, and Practice

Frank C. Richardson

Blaine J. Fowers

How do we realize our best selves and flourish in the face of our frailty, vice, and suffering? This work addresses the human condition in its entirety and discusses the pathways to flourishing in light of the everyday limitations that we all must face.

Flourishing in the Face of Human Limitations

Frailty, Suffering, and Vice

Stephen C. Yanchar

Routledge International Handbook of Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology is a compilation of works by leading scholars in theoretical and philosophical psychology that offers critical analyses of, and alternatives to, current theories and philosophies typically taken for granted in mainstream psychology. Within their chapters, the expert authors briefly describe accepted theories and philosophies before explaining their problems and exploring fresh, new ideas for practice and research. These alternative ideas offer thought-provoking ways of reinterpreting many aspects of human existence often studied by psychologists. Organized into five sections, the volume covers the discipline of psychology in general, various subdisciplines (e.g., positive psychology and human development), concepts of self and identity as well as research and practice. Together the chapters present a set of alternative ideas that have the potential to take the field of psychology in fruitful directions not anticipated in more traditional theory and research. This handbook will be a valuable resource for students and scholars of the theory, assumptions, and history of psychology.

Critiques, Problems, and Alternatives to Psychological Ideas

Routledge International Handbook of Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology

Psychology has been captured by an assumption that is almost totally unrecognized. This assumption--the linearity of time--unduly restricts theory and therapy, yet this restriction is so common, so customary, that it is often completely ignored. This book traces the influence of this assumption and reveals the many overlooked "anomalies" to its dominance. Slife describes the many findings and explanations that are incompatible with linear time in several psychological specialties. He contends that these unnoticed anomalies point to alternative conceptions of time that offer innovative ideas for psychological explanation and treatment.

The Spectacle of Spain's Tourist Boom and the Reinvention of Difference

Time and Psychological Explanation

Richard N. Williams

Richard N.. Williams

This book explores the main assumptions upon which behavioural science theories are based, offers alternatives and challenges the reader to serious critical thought.

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