Carrie Figdor (Iowa): “Towards a Non-Anthropocentric Psychology"
Psychology began as the part of philosophy concerning the soul. Scientific psychology is still struggling to abandon this historical legacy. I will discuss the ways in which psychology remains unjustifiably anthropocentric, and how and why it is finally undergoing the conceptual revolution needed to make it fully consistent with evolutionary theory.
Location
Coombs Ext Rm 1.04
Speakers
- Carrie Figdor
Contact
- School of Philosophy