Wundt and Psychology as Science: Disciplinary Transformations

Perspectives on Science 5 (3):349-382 (1997)
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Challenges the revised standard historiography on Wundt as a psychologist. Considers the concept of psychology as a natural science. Examines the relations between psychology and philosophy before and after 1900. Reflects on the notion of disciplinehood as it affects historical narratives.

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