Edward S. Reed
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Edward S. Reed was a philosopher of science
and an ecological psychologist
in the vein of James J. Gibson. His most important works were published as a triptych: Encountering the World: Toward an Ecological Psychology, The Necessity of Experience and From Soul to Mind: The Emergence of Psychology, from Erasmus Darwin to William James.
Philosophy of science
The philosophy of science is concerned with the assumptions, foundations, methods and implications of science. It is also concerned with the use and merit of science and sometimes overlaps metaphysics and epistemology by exploring whether scientific results are actually a study of truth...
and an ecological psychologist
Ecological psychology
Ecological psychology is a term claimed by a number of schools of psychology. However, the two main ones are one on the writings of James J. Gibson, and another on the work of Roger G. Barker, Herb Wright and associates at the University of Kansas in Lawrence...
in the vein of James J. Gibson. His most important works were published as a triptych: Encountering the World: Toward an Ecological Psychology, The Necessity of Experience and From Soul to Mind: The Emergence of Psychology, from Erasmus Darwin to William James.