Outlines of Psychology (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Wundt, Wilhelm Max

9781330276433: Outlines of Psychology (Classic Reprint)

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ISBN 10: 1330276434 ISBN 13: 9781330276433

Verlag: Forgotten Books, 2018

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This book explores the foundational concepts of psychology outside of philosophical or theoretical schools of thought. It steers clear of historic distinctions between physical and metaphysical explanations of consciousness. Instead, the author argues that true understanding in this field can only be found through direct observation of real-world, human experiences. The book's main contribution is its proposal of a set of principles to guide the investigation of mental phenomena. The author holds that the exploration of conscious thought must include the subject's perspective in order to provide an account of real, rather than conceptual, experience. Furthermore, the author argues that external observation of behavior is not sufficient to develop a robust understanding of human psychology. The author of this book makes a compelling case for introspection and the direct examination of human experience as a scientific method in its own right. By seeking to look beyond the limitations of the physical and the purely mental, the author provides a practical set of principles for understanding the actual content and true nature of the human experience.

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Excerpt from Outlines of Psychology

This book has been written primarily for the purpose of furnishing my students with a brief manual to supplement the lectures on Psychology. At the same time it aims to give the wider circle of scientific scholars who are interested in psychology, either for its own sake or for the sake of its applications, a systematic survey of the fundamentally im portant results and doctrines of modern psychology. In View of this double purpose, I have limited myself in detailing facts to that which is most important, or to the examples that serve most directly the ends of illustration, and have omitted entirely those aids to demonstration and experiment which are properly made use of in the lecture - room. The fact that I have based this treatise on the doctrines that I have come to hold as valid after long years of labor in this field, needs no Special justification. Still, I have not neglected to point out both in a general characterization (introduction and with references in detail, the chief theories that differ from the one here presented.

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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Excerpt from Outlines of Psychology

This translation has been made with the cooperation of the author, who has not only contributed many valuable criticisms and suggestions in regard to terminology, but has read all the proof-sheets as they were being prepared for the press. A few verbal changes have been introduced into the text with a view to making the discussion somewhat clearer.

The difficulties that arise in choosing English equivalents for many German words, are too familiar to require detailed discussion. The translator has derived assistance in this respect from a comparison of other Standard translations, especially the English versions of Falckenberg's "History of Modern Philosophy", Wundt's "Lectures on Human and Animal Psychology", and Kulpe's "Outlines of Psychology". The terminology here employed differs, however, at many points from that used in the works mentioned. A glossary of the principal terms has been added for the benefit of those familiar with the German. The translation of the word "Perception" is unusual. If it were translated 'perception' it would be easily confused, especially in its verbal forms, with the only possible equivalent of "Wahrnehmung", "wahrnehment", and "Anschauung".

About the Publisher

Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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