An intellectual history of psychology / Daniel N. Robinson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Robinson, Daniel N., 1937-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Psychology--History.

Psychology.

Mental health--History.

Mental health.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (390 p.)

Edition:

3rd ed.

Place of Publication:

Madison, WI : University of Wisconsin Press, c1995.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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. Daniel N. Robinson demonstrates that from the dawn of rigorous and self-critical inquiry in ancient Greece, reflections about human nature have been inextricably linked to the cultures from which they arose, and each definable historical age has added its own character and tone to this long tradition. An Intellectual History of Psychology not only explores the most significant ideas about human nature from ancient to modern times, but also examines the broader social and scientific contexts in which these concepts were articulated and defended. Robinson treats each epoch, whether ancient Greece or Renaissance Florence or Enlightenment France, in its own terms, revealing the problems that dominated the age and engaged the energies of leading thinkers. Robinson also explores the abiding tension between humanistic and scientific perspectives, assessing the most convincing positions on each side of the debate. Invaluable as a text for students and as a stimulating and insightful overview for scholars and practicing psychologists, this volume can be read either as a history of psychology in both its philosophical and aspiring scientific periods or as a concise history of Western philosophy's concepts of human nature.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Preface to the Third Edition

Part 1. Philosophical Psychology

1. Defining the Subject

2. Psychology in the Hellenic Age: From the Pre-Socratics to the Dialogues

3. The Hellenistic Age: Aristotle, the Epicureans, and the Stoics

4. Patristic Psychology: The Authority of Faith

5. Scholastic Psychology: The Authority of Aristotle

6. Nature and Spirit in the Renaissance

Part 2. From Philosophy to Psychology

7. Empiricism: The Authority of Experience

8. Rationalism: The Geometry of the Mind

9. Materialism: The Enlightened Machine

Part 3. Scientific Psychology

10. The Nineteenth Century: The Authority of Science

11. From Systems to Specialties: The Crucial Half Century (1870-1920)

12. Contemporary Formulations

Index of Names

Index of Subjects.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9786612738746

9781282738744

1282738747

9780299148430

0299148432

OCLC:

664565664