James Harold is professor of philosophy at Franciscan University of Steubenville.

• Chapter 1: Delimiting and Defining TermsChapter 2: Methods of Psychological Investigation: Introducing Lateral Self-PresenceChapter 3: The Objective and Transcendent Dimensions of Human NatureChapter 4: Negative Psychology: The Influence of Rationality on PsycheChapter 5: Going Beyond Empiricism: The Subjective and Bodily Dimensions of PsychologyChapter 6: Going Beyond Empiricism: The Objective and Rational Dimensions of PsychologyChapter 7: Positive Psychology: Seligman’s ContributionChapter 8: The Being of the Conscious Self with its Powers of Intellect, Will, and Heart Chapter 9: Skinner on Freedom and CausalityChapter 10: How a Broad Metaphysical Context (Logos) Benefits Psychology Chapter 11: Psychologism: Reducing Logos to PsycheChapter 12: The Psychology of Authenticity and Self-FulfillmentChapter 13: Nothing Secret, Nothing Hidden: How the Religious Dimension of Logos puts Human Flourishing on Steroids

How we need interdisciplinary studies in our era where specialization easily leads to narrow-mindedness! Particularly, this can be so when many philosophers lack a knowledge of sound psychology and many psychologists lack a knowledge of sound philosophy. James Harold’s book, Rationality within Modern Psychological Theory: Integrating Philosophy and Empirical Science, is a masterful synthesis to overcome this syndrome. Academic enough to appeal to other professors, it is written in a style sufficiently popular to make it an ideal textbook for university students as well as for all other intelligent readers.