The Philosophical Background and Scientific Legacy of E. B. Titchener's Psychology Understanding Introspectionism /

• Main Author: Beenfeldt, Christian. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Heidelberg : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Philosophy,
• Subjects: Philosophy (General).; Philosophy of mind.; Psychology > History.; Philosophy.; Philosophy of Mind.; History of Psychology.; History of Philosophy.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-00242-2

This volume offers a new understanding of Titcheners 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...

Table of Contents:

• PART I. Intellectual Background
• Chapter 1. Early British Associationism
• Chapter 2. Mature British Associationism
• PART II. The System of Introspectionism
• Chapter 3: Wundt and Titchener
• Chapter 4. Titcheners System of Psychology
• PART III. The Preeminence of Analysis, Not Introspection
• Chapter 5. The Decline and Fall of Introspectionism
• Chapter 6: The Imageless Thought Controversy
• Chapter 7. Psychological AnalysisNot Introspection Simpliciter.