An intellectual history of psychology
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An intellectual history of psychology
Arnold, 1995
3rd ed
- : pbk
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Originally published: Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press
Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This edition presents psychological ideas as part of a greater web of thinking throughout history about the essentials of human nature, interwoven with ideas from philosophy, science, religion, art, literature and politics. The book not only explores the most significant ideas about human nature from ancient to modern times, but also examines the broader social and scientific context in which these concepts were articulated and defended. It looks at the abiding tension between humanistic and scientific perspectives, assessing the most convincing positions on each side of the debate.
Table of Contents
- Philosophical psychology: defining the subject
- psychology in the Hellenic age - from the pre-Socratics to the "Dialogues"
- the Hellenistic age - Aristotle, the Epicureans and the Stoics
- patristic psychology - the authority of faith
- scholastic psychology - the authority of Aristotle
- nature and spirit in the Renaissance. From philosophy to psychology: empiricism - the authority of experience
- rationalism - the geometry of the mind
- materialism - the enlightened machine. Scientific psychology: the 19th century - the authority of scienec
- from systems to specialities - the crucial half century (1870-1920)
- contemporary formulations.
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