The Force of an Idea: New Essays on Christian Wolff's Psychology

Author:   Saulo de Freitas Araujo ,  Thiago Constâncio Ribeiro Pereira ,  Thomas Sturm
Publisher:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Edition:   1st ed. 2021
Volume:   50
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Pages:   325
Publication Date:   17 July 2021
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Author:   Saulo de Freitas Araujo ,  Thiago Constâncio Ribeiro Pereira ,  Thomas Sturm
Publisher:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Imprint:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Edition:   1st ed. 2021
Volume:   50
Weight:   0.682kg
ISBN:  

9783030744342


ISBN 10:   3030744345
Pages:   325
Publication Date:   17 July 2021
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
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1. Introduction: Reevaluating Christian Wolff’s Psychology 2. Who Was Afraid of Wolff’s Psychology? The Historical Context 3. The Origins and Development of Wolff’s Psychology in His German Writings 4. Empirical Psychology: Between Reason and Experience 5. Wolff and the Dogmas of Classical Rationalism 6. Wolff’s Idea of Psychometria 7. Wolff on Monadology and “Materialisterey” 8. Wolff and the Logic of the Human Mind 9. Image Composition as an Aesthetic-Epistemological Problem in Wolff’s Empirical Psychology 10. In-between Psychology and Moral Philosophy: Christian Wolff's Principle of Natural Obligation 11. The Relation between Psychology and the Other Parts of Metaphysics: Ontology, Cosmology, and Theology 12. Development and Diffusion of Wolff's Psychology through His Disciples and Followers 13. Wolffians and the Emancipation of Aesthetic Faculties 14. Wolff and the Beginnings of Experimental Psychology in the Eighteenth Century 15. The Science of the Soul and the Unyielding Architectonic: Kant versus Wolff on the Foundations of Psychology 16. Hegel and Wolff’s Psychologies 17. “The Most Excellent Psychological Systematist”: Wolff’s Psychology in the Eyes of Wilhelm Wundt

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Saulo de Freitas Araujo is Professor of History and Philosophy of Psychology at the Federal University of Juiz de Fora in the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil. He is also Director of the Wilhelm Wundt Center for the History and Philosophy of Psychology (NUHFIP) at the same institution. His work focuses on the historical development and philosophical foundations of scientific psychology, especially in the German tradition. Among numerous publications, he is author of Wundt and the Philosophical Foundations of Psychology: A Reappraisal (Springer, 2016). Thiago Constâncio Ribeiro Pereira is Professor of Psychology at the Fluminense Federal University in Volta Redonda, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He is also coordinator of the Philosophy and History of Psychology Research Group (FHIPSI) at the same institution. His current work focuses on Christian Wolff and eighteenth-century psychology, ideas of mind and body in psychological theories, and historiography of psychology. Thomas Sturm is ICREA research professor at the Autonomous University of Barcelona (Spain). His work centers on three areas: Kant’s philosophy, theories of rationality at the intersection of philosophy and psychology, and the relations between philosophy and history of science. Main publications: Kant und die Wissenschaften vom Menschen (2009); How Reason Almost Lost Its Mind: The Strange Career of Cold War Rationality (co-authored with L. Daston, M. Gordin, P. Erickson, J. Klein and R. Lemov, 2013). Numerous articles in journals such as Erkenntnis, Kant-Studien, Studies in History and Philosophy of Science, or Synthese.

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