{"product_id":"the-immeasurable-mind-william-r-uttal-9781591025252","title":"The Immeasurable Mind: The Real Science of Psychology","description":"Is psychology a science? Unlike Darwinian theory in biology or relativity and quantum theory in physics, psychology lacks the basic quantitative or conceptual foundation for a consensus view about how the mind works. Is psychology on the verge of developing such a foundation? \"Probably not,\" answers psychologist William R. Uttal in this iconoclastic and critical examination of psychology's underlying principles, assumptions, and concepts. In five in-depth chapters and one appendix, he explores the following key issues: *What do we mean by \"science\" and can psychology be legitimately described as a science?*What are the general principles that should be applied to any science?*What is the role of mathematics in psychology?*Given the current fragmented state of the discipline, is it possible to identify the general principles of a scientific psychology?*Is experimental psychology just applied epistemology and not really scientific?Uttal comes to the conclusion that psychology is a science only to the extent that it is behaviorist in orientation. By comparing his discipline to other sciences, he identifies its limits, establishes a set of principles that help to define psychology as a science, and suggests plausible future developments.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e William R. Uttal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1591025257\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781591025252\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Prometheus Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/05\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 289\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.18lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.24h x 6.34w x 0.85d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/02\/2007 pg. 45\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eScitech Book News\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2007 pg. 1","brand":"William R. Uttal","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44078462861567,"sku":"9781591025252","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5f00a412-1d3e-4d71-a3e9-1e0656d918d8.jpg?v=1685475659","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-immeasurable-mind-william-r-uttal-9781591025252","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}