书目名称 | Edgar Rubin and Psychology in Denmark |
副标题 | Figure and Ground |
编辑 | Jörgen L. Pind |
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概述 | This book is a scientific biography of Edgar Rubin.Argues for the importance of description in psychology.This book deals in detail with Rubin‘s education at the University of Copenhagen where Ruben w |
丛书名称 | History and Philosophy of Psychology |
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描述 | Edgar Rubin was one of the outstanding pioneers of perceptual psychology in the early twentieth century. His approach involved a turning away from an earlier elementaristic psychology towards an approach based on “perceptual wholes.” Rubin’s approach is closely linked to the Gestalt revolution in perceptual psychology and was eagerly embraced by the Gestaltists. This has often led to Rubin being classified as a Gestalt psychologist. This misrepresents his position as is shown in the book. Rubin’s aim was to develop a descriptive psychology — or aspective psychology to use his terminology — which would do full justice to the complex nature of psychological phenomena. Thus he rejected attempts by the Gestalt psychologists to explain diverse phenomena within a single overarching framework. While Rubin is internationally often misclassified as a Gestalt psychologist, in Denmark he is often hailed as a pioneer of a specific Danish “school of phenomenology.” This also misrepresents Rubin’s approach who was highly critical of psychological “schools.” His criticisms of the overambitious theoretical aspirations of Gestalt psychology, his negative attitude towards school formation in psych |
出版日期 | Book 2014 |
关键词 | David Katz; Edgar Rubin; Gestalt revolution; Lehmann‘s laboratory; Psychology in Denmark; aspective psych |
版次 | 1 |
doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-01062-5 |
isbn_softcover | 978-3-319-03314-3 |
isbn_ebook | 978-3-319-01062-5Series ISSN 1572-1914 Series E-ISSN 1574-9029 |
issn_series | 1572-1914 |
copyright | Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2014 |