An Intellectual History of PsychologyUniv of Wisconsin Press, 1. sep. 1995 - 392 sider An Intellectual History of Psychology, already a classic in its field, is now available in a concise new third edition. It 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. |
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... fact that Tacitus wrote about events in his own time does not mean that he was conceptually closer to them . He wore the distorting lenses of his epoch . His travels were limited . He spoke and read in but two languages . His resources ...
... fact , a chronological succession does follow . This , however , is a concession to custom and convenience and is not to be viewed as the fallacy of scholastica successionis civitatium . One age does not impart momentum to the next as ...
... fact and the rules of evidence have advanced , even if sluggishly . Knowledge , after all , in some compartments is cumulative , and of these compartments a chronological account is appropriate . Knowledge is most cumulative in the ...
... fact that the Italian Renaissance did not produce a single philosopher of enduring consequence . As for the vaunted humanism of the period , few Greek philosophers would have found much to recommend in it . But here we anticipate ...
... fact , the full range of musical percep- tions experienced as harmonious is generated by notes that stand in strict nu- merical relationships , it follows that other — even all — aspects of observable nature have a similar origin ...
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Part 2 From Philosophy to Psychology | 147 |
Part 3 Scientific Psychology | 257 |
Index of Names | 373 |
Index of Subjects | 379 |