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Fills in an important and as-yet-untold part of the story of the break between Wundt and former Wundtian psychologists
Places Wundt's rise and fall within relevant historical and interpersonal context
Reconstructs Wundt's career, systems of thought, and relationships with his contemporaries for a comprehensive analysis
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Table of contents (6 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
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.
Authors and Affiliations
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University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy
Chiara Russo Krauss
About the author
Chiara Russo Krauss, Ph.D., is researcher at the University of Naples “Federico II," where she teaches history of philosophy. Her field of expertise is German philosophy of the late 19th century, with a focus on the problems arising from the development of modern sciences. She published studies on Wilhelm von Humboldt, Neo-Kantianism, Oswald Külpe, Wilhelm Wundt, and Richard Avenarius.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Wundt, Avenarius, and Scientific Psychology
Book Subtitle: A Debate at the Turn of the Twentieth Century
Authors: Chiara Russo Krauss
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-12637-7
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Behavioral Science and Psychology, Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-12636-0Published: 02 April 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-12639-1Published: 28 October 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-12637-7Published: 25 March 2019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 151
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: History of Psychology, Experimental Psychology, Psychological Methods/Evaluation, Cross Cultural Psychology, Metaphysics, Neuropsychology