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 eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Heidelberg : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Philosophy,
• Subjects: Philosophy.; Philosophy of mind.; Psychology.; Philosophy of Mind.; History of Psychology.; History of Philosophy.

This volume offers a new understanding of Titchener’s 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. Titchener’s 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 Analysis—Not Introspection Simpliciter.