Behavior and Mind: The Roots of Modern Psychology

by Howard Rachlin

This book attempts to synthesize two apparently contradictory views of as the science of internal mental mechanisms and as the science of complex external behavior. Most books in the psychology and philosophy of mind reject one approach while championing the other, but Rachlin
argues that the two approaches are complementary rather than contradictory. Rejection of either involves disregarding vast sources of information vital to solving pressing human problems--in the areas of addiction, mental illness, education, crime, and decision-making, to name but a few. Where
previous books have focused either on psychology as an abstract science of the mind or as a strictly empirical approach to behavioral problems, this is the only book that attempts to show how the best modern theoretical work on mental mechanisms relates to the best modern empirical work on complex
behavioral problems. It will be of considerable interest to psychologists and philosophers across many disciplines and perspectives.

176 pages, Hardcover

First published January 6, 1994

Reviews

[CarolynAnn · Rating 3 out of 5]

this was a text for one of my university courses but I actually found it interesting to read... better than many of my English novels.