On Psychological Language: And the Physiomorphic Basis of Human Nature

ISBN-13: 9780367743062 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 180 str.

Graham Richards

Opis

First published in 1989, On Psychological Language and the Physiomorphic Basis of Human Nature was written to provide a new and controversial analysis of the nature of psychological language.

Spis treści

Preface; Introduction: The Anthropomorphic Illusion; Chapter 1: The 'Physiomorphic Theory' of Psychological Language; Chapter 2: Persons, Objects, and Signals; Chapter 3: Everyday Psychological Language; Chapter 4: Physiomorphism and the History of Psychology; Chapter 5: Physiomorphism in Human Evolution; Chapter 6: Epilogue: the Imploding Ape; Appendix A: Etymological Sources of 71 Apparently Non-Figurative English PL Words; Appendix B: Note on the Status of the Physiomorphic Theory; Appendix C: Note on Stone Tools; Notes; References; Name Index; Subject Index

O autorze

Graham Richards