Has Psychology "Found Its True Path?": Methods, Objectivity, and Cries of ‘‘Crisis’’ in Early Twentieth-century French Psychology
dc.contributor.author | Carson, John | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-05-02T10:17:14Z | |
dc.date.available | 2018-05-02T10:17:14Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2011-11-29 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/143207 | |
dc.description.abstract | This article explores how French psychologists understood the state of their field during the first quarter of the twentieth century, and whether they thought it was in crisis. The article begins with the Russian-born psychologist Nicolas Kostyleff and his announcement in 1911 that experimental psychology was facing a crisis. After briefly situating Kostyleff, the article examines his analysis of the troubles facing experimental psychology and his proposed solution, as well as the rather muted response his diagnosis received from the French psychological community. The optimism about the field evident in many of the accounts surveying French psychology during the early twentieth century notwithstanding, a few others did join Kostyleff in declaring that all was not well with experimental psychology. Together their pronouncements suggest that under the surface, important unresolved issues faced the French psychological community. Two are singled out: What was the proper methodology for psychology as a positive science? And what kinds of practices could claim to be objective, and in what sense? The article concludes by examining what these anxieties reveal about the type of science that French psychologists hoped to pursue. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
dc.subject | Crisis, Nicolas Kostyleff, French psychology, Objectivity, Method, Introspection | en_US |
dc.title | Has Psychology "Found Its True Path?": Methods, Objectivity, and Cries of ‘‘Crisis’’ in Early Twentieth-century French Psychology | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | History (General) | |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Humanities | |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Peer Reviewed | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationum | Department of History | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationumcampus | Ann Arbor | en_US |
dc.description.bitstreamurl | https://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/143207/1/Has Psychology Found Its True Path-Stud Hist Phil Bio Biomed Scis-v43-2012.pdf | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1016/j.shpsc.2011.11.003 | |
dc.identifier.source | Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences | en_US |
dc.identifier.orcid | 0000-0002-7383-9347 | en_US |
dc.description.filedescription | Description of Has Psychology Found Its True Path-Stud Hist Phil Bio Biomed Scis-v43-2012.pdf : Main article | |
dc.identifier.name-orcid | Carson, John; 0000-0002-7383-9347 | en_US |
dc.owningcollname | History, Department of |
Files in this item
Remediation of Harmful Language
The University of Michigan Library aims to describe library materials in a way that respects the people and communities who create, use, and are represented in our collections. Report harmful or offensive language in catalog records, finding aids, or elsewhere in our collections anonymously through our metadata feedback form. More information at Remediation of Harmful Language.
Accessibility
If you are unable to use this file in its current format, please select the Contact Us link and we can modify it to make it more accessible to you.