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Record Nr.

UNINA9910337661203321

Autore

Russo Krauss Chiara

Titolo

Wundt, Avenarius, and Scientific Psychology : A Debate at the Turn of the Twentieth Century / / by Chiara Russo Krauss

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2019

ISBN

9783030126377

3030126374

Edizione

[1st ed. 2019.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (151 pages)

Disciplina

150.924

150.922

Soggetti

Psychology

Social sciences - History

Psychology, Experimental

Psychology - Methodology

Ethnopsychology

Metaphysics

Neuropsychology

History of Psychology

Experimental Psychology

Psychological Methods

Cross-Cultural Psychology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Richard Avenarius -- Chapter 3. Wilhelm Wundt and the Crisis in the Relationship with Avenarius -- Chapter 4. The Spread of the New Definition of Psychology -- Chapter 5. Wundt's Reaction.

Sommario/riassunto

This book reconstructs the rise and fall of Wilhelm Wundt's fortunes, focusing for the first time on the role of Richard Avenarius as catalyst for the so-called "positivist repudiation of Wundt." Krauss specifically looks at the progressive disavowal of Wundtian ideas in the world of scientific psychology, and especially by his former pupils. This book



provides important historical context and a critical discussion of the current state of research, in addition to a detailed consideration of Wundt's and Avenarius' systems of thought, as well as on their personal relationship. The author outlines the reception of Avenarius' conceptions among Wundt's pupils, such as Külpe, Münsterberg and Titchener, and among other psychologists of the time, such as Ward, James and Ebbinghaus. Finally, this book presents Wundt's two-fold attempt to respond to the new trend through a criticism of the "materialistic" psychology, and a reformulation of his own ideas.