书目名称 | The Philosophical Background and Scientific Legacy of E. B. Titchener‘s Psychology |
副标题 | Understanding Intros |
编辑 | Christian Beenfeldt |
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概述 | Offers a new perspective on Titchener’s psychology and the early history of modern psychology.Highlights the connections between Titchener and important empiricist thinkers in early modern philosophy |
丛书名称 | SpringerBriefs in Philosophy |
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描述 | .This volume offers a new understanding of Titchener’s influential system of psychology popularly known as introspectionism, structuralism and as classical introspective psychology. Adopting a new perspective on introspectionism and seeking to assess the reasons behind its famous implosion, this book reopens and rewrites the chapter in the history of early scientific psychology pertaining to the nature of E. B. Titchener’s psychological system. .Arguing against the view that Titchener’s system was undone by an overreliance on introspection, the author explains how this idea was first introduced by the early behaviorists in order to advance their own theoretical agenda. Instead, the author argues that the major philosophical flaw of introspectionism was its utter reliance on key theoretical assumptions inherited from the intellectual tradition of British associationism—assumptions that were upheld in defiance of introspection, not because of introspection. .The book is divided into three parts. In Part I, British associationism is examined thoroughly. The author here discusses the psychology of influential empiricist philosophers such as Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, David Hume, D |
出版日期 | Book 2013 |
关键词 | Edward Titchener; Titchener psychology; Titchener structuralism; introspection psychology; introspective |
版次 | 1 |
doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-00242-2 |
isbn_softcover | 978-3-319-00241-5 |
isbn_ebook | 978-3-319-00242-2Series ISSN 2211-4548 Series E-ISSN 2211-4556 |
issn_series | 2211-4548 |
copyright | The Author(s) 2013 |