The case for a reorientation in the history of psychology

pp. 3-33

in: Katherine Arens, Structures of knowing, Berlin, Springer, 1989

Abstract

Psychology is a relatively new field whose antecedents as a systematic discipline are generally acknowledged to extend back to the nineteenth century. Despite this short history, the prominence of the field in the twentieth century has led to a considerable body of work on its origins. The development of the field has been traced in the ground-laying work of Edwin Boring and others, in 40 years of effort towards establishing a canon of teachers, schools, and publications of note.¹