PSYC 480 - History and Theories of Psychology

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Ursinus College

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Dr. Bish The philosophical underpinnings of psychology from the Greeks to the 19th-century empiricists will be explored. The development of scientific paradigms to address fundamental philosophical issues will then be traced in the emergence of contemporary psychology. A critique of psychology as a method of inquiry and as a theory of knowledge will be attempted within the framework of a philosophy and sociology of science. Three semester hours per week. Four semester hours. (SS.)

Credits:

3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.ursinus.edu

Phone Number:

(610) 409-3000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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