Wundt, Avenarius, and Scientific Psychology, 1st ed. 2019
A Debate at the Turn of the Twentieth Century

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This book reconstructs the rise and fall of Wilhelm Wundt?s fortunes, focusing for the first time on the role of Richard Avenarius as catalyst for the so-called ?positivist repudiation of Wundt.? Krauss specifically looks at the progressive disavowal of Wundtian ideas in the world of scientific psychology, and especially by his former pupils.

This book provides important historical context and a critical discussion of the current state of research, in addition to a detailed consideration of Wundt?s and Avenarius? systems of thought, as well as on their personal relationship. The author outlines the reception of Avenarius? conceptions among Wundt?s pupils, such as Külpe, Münsterberg and Titchener, and among other psychologists of the time, such as Ward, James and Ebbinghaus. Finally, this book presents Wundt?s two-fold attempt to respond to the new trend through a criticism of the ?materialistic? psychology, and a reformulation of his own ideas.

Chapter 1. Introduction
1.1 Wundt and the Rise of Scientific Psychology
1.2 The Historiography of Wundtism
1.3 Mach and Avenarius in the History of Philosophy
1.4 The Aim of the Book
Chapter 2. Richard Avenarius
2.1 Avenarius' Relationship with Wundt
2.2 The Critique of Introjection
2.3 Object and Purpose of Psychology
2.4 Mach and Avenarius
2.5 Psychophysical Parallelism
Chapter 3. Wilhelm Wundt and the Crisis in the Relationship with Avenarius
3.1 The "Ideal-Realistic" Approach
3.2 Physical and Psychical Causality
3.3 Physiology and Psychology
3.4 Psychology and the Spiritual Sciences
3.5 The Break with Avenarius
Chapter 4. The Spread of the New Definition of Psychology
4.1 The Repudiation of Wundt: Oswald Külpe’s Grundriss
4.2 A Philosophical Deepening: Hugo Münsterberg
4.3 The Circle Widens: Ebbinghaus and Ward
4.4 A Synthesis: E. B. Titchener (with a Digression on William James)
Chapter 5. Wundt's Reaction
5.1 The Appropriation of the Definition of Psychology by Point of View
5.2 Two Interpretations of Psychological Parallelism
5.3 Against the Materialistic Definition of Psychology
5.4 The Final Charge against Avenarius
5.5 Closing Remarks

Chiara Russo Krauss, Ph.D., is researcher at the University of Naples “Federico II," where she teaches history of philosophy. Her field of expertise is German philosophy of the late 19th century, with a focus on the problems arising from the development of modern sciences. She published studies on Wilhelm von Humboldt, Neo-Kantianism, Oswald Külpe, Wilhelm Wundt, and Richard Avenarius.



   

Fills in an important and as-yet-untold part of the story of the break between Wundt and former Wundtian psychologists

Places Wundt's rise and fall within relevant historical and interpersonal context

Reconstructs Wundt's career, systems of thought, and relationships with his contemporaries for a comprehensive analysis