Week 3 - Science And Philosophy Dialogue

Week 3 Science And Philosophy Dialogue

You can see that from the past three weeks of material psychology is in many ways a science and a philosophy.  It has emerged from multiple disciplines and therefore in some ways reflects the purely scientific approach to understanding human behavior and mental processes and in some ways, it reflects more theoretical and philosophical approaches.  For this dialogue, provide some examples of how psychology best reflects the scientific approach.  Also, what aspects of psychology that you explored over these past few weeks best reflects a more philosophical approach?  Finally, based on the integration models you learned about in week 1, which model would be most comfortable with a more philosophical approach and which would be more comfortable with a more scientific approach?  Please provide reasons why you believe this to be true.