psyc and philosophy

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why is the study of philosophy important to the study of psychology?

-- karen (karenp_nguyen@hotmail.com), June 17, 2003

Answers

In part, because the questions psychologists answer are merely new versions of questions previously asked by philosophers. A good way to look at this is to read the first few chapters of Dan Robinson's An Intellectual History of Psychology--in later chapters he traces four philosophical issues throughout the history of psychology. Another good introduction is Robert Brodie MacLeod's The Persistent Problems of Psychology.

-- Hendrika Vande Kemp (hendrika@earthlink.net), June 17, 2003.

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