Psychology / by John Dewey.
"Any book, written as this one is, expressly for use in class-room instruction, must meet one question with which text-books outside the realm of philosophy are not harassed. What shall be its attitude towards philosophic principles? This is a question which may be suppressed, but cannot be avo...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Harper & Bros.,
1887.
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| Online Access: | APA PsycBooks |
| Summary: | "Any book, written as this one is, expressly for use in class-room instruction, must meet one question with which text-books outside the realm of philosophy are not harassed. What shall be its attitude towards philosophic principles? This is a question which may be suppressed, but cannot be avoided. How, then, shall we unite the advantages of each class of text-books? That is to say, how shall we make our psychology scientific and up to the times, free from metaphysics--which, however good in its place, is out of place in a psychology--and at the same time make it an introduction to philosophy in general? While I cannot hope to have succeeded in presenting a psychology which shall satisfactorily answer this question, it does appear to me an advantage to have kept this question in mind, and to have written with reference to it. I have accordingly endeavored to avoid all material not strictly psychological, and to reflect the investigations of scientific specialists in this branch; but I have also endeavored to arrange the material in such a way as to lead naturally and easily to the problems which the student will meet in his further studies, to suggest the principles along which they shall find their solutions, and, above all, to develop the philosophic spirit. I am sure that there is a way of raising questions, and of looking at them, which is philosophic; a way which the beginner can find more easily in psychology than elsewhere, and which, when found, is the best possible introduction to all specific philosophic questions. The following pages are the author's attempt to help the student upon this way"--Preface. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved). |
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| Item Description: | First ed., Thomas, John Dewey, p. 2-3. The author's first book. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 427 pages) |
| Bibliography: | List of references at end of each chapter. Includes bibliographical references. |