Modern Philosophy - 19th Century, European Sociology, Mind, Philosophy of, Social Philosophy, General & Miscellaneous French Philosophy, Social Sciences - General & Miscellaneous
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Overview
This study offers a new interpretation of the emergence of scientific psychology and sociology in late-nineteenth-century France. Focusing on their relationship with the philosophy taught in the French education system, the author shows the profound impact on the individuals most responsible for the introduction of the human sciences into the French university - particularly Theodule Ribot, Alfred Espinas, Pierre Janet, and Emile Durkheim. Philosophers helped shape the human sciences by their criticisms of conceptual and methodological problems in the emerging disciplines. The human sciences that emerged were less reductionist and more methodologically sound than they would have been without the vigorous debate with philosophy. This influence is the eclectic legacy of academic philosophy to the human sciences in France.Book Details
Published
July 31, 1998
Publisher
Newark, Del. : University of Delaware Press ; c1998.
Pages
323
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780874136487