The transformation of psychology : influences of 19th-century philosophy, technology, and natural science
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The transformation of psychology : influences of 19th-century philosophy, technology, and natural science
American Psychological Association, 2001
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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At the end of the 18th century, leading minds of the age believed that psychology was inherently constrained from rising to the level of a natural science. By the beginning of the 20th century, scientific psychology was pervasive. How did this change occur so quickly? This study reveals some of the intellectual, social, technological and institutional currents and practices that were commonplace during the 19th century that fostered a radical reappraisal of the scientific possibilities for psychology. Whereas the "standard" historical narrative focuses on Fechner's psychophysics, Helmholtz's physiology, and Wundt's physiological psychology, this volume explores a collection of diverse areas of study that attempted to render psychology scientific. The currents of thought encountered include eugenics and mathematical beauty to prognosticators and phrenologists.
Table of Contents
- Eugenics and Other Victorian "Secular Religions" - Raymond E. Fancher
- Practical Phrenology and Psychological Counseling in 19th-Century America - Michael M. Sokal
- Sealing Off the Discipline: Wilhelm Wundt and the Psychology of Memory - Kurt Danziger
- Psychology and Memory in the Midst of Change: The Social Concerns of Late-19th-Century North American Psychologists - Marlene Shore
- The Psychology of Mathematical Beauty in the 19th Century: The Golden Section - John S. Benjafield
- Cause Into Function: Ernst Mach and Reconstructuring Explanation in Psychology, 1872-1905 - Andrew S. Winston
- Charles Babbage, the Analytical Engine, and the Possibility of a 19th-Century Cognitive Science - Christopher D. Green
- Instincts and Instruments - Katharine Anderson
- Philosophic Doubts About Psychology as a Natural Science - Charles W. Tolman
- Karl Marx and Wilhelm Dllthey on the Sociohistorical Conceptualization of the Mind - Thomas Teo
- Early Developments and Psychology: Genetic and Embryological Influences, 1880-1992 - Fredric Weizmann
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