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Tracing the emergence of psychology, 1520-1750 a sophisticated intruder to philosophy /
This book pursues the very first use of the term "psychology", which is traced back to 1520. The appearance of the term was not as a part of philosophy. Thus, the main hypothesis of this book is that psychology from the very beginning was a stranger to philosophy. It demonstrates that even...
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Format: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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Cham, Switzerland :
Springer,
[2020]
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Series: | Theory and history in the human and social sciences.
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1 online resource. |
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Online Access: | SpringerLink - Click here for access |
Contents:
- 1. Introduction
- 2. The first use of the term "psychology"
- 3. "Psyche" in ancient Greece
- 4. Humanism, Petrarchism, and Melanchthon
- 5. The Reformation and Protestantism's need for psychology
- 6. Subjectivity in popular culture
- 7. Psychology and metaphysics
- 8. Psychology outside the German-speaking area
- 9. Metaphysics rooted in feelings and body : Spinoza
- 10. A dynamic understanding of the world : Leibniz
- 11. Christian Wolff : the ground zero of modern psychology?
- 12. The impact of Psychologia empirica on the European enlightenment.