International Library of Psychology, Philosophy and Scientific Method

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The International Library of Psychology, Philosophy and Scientific Method ( International library of psychology, philosophy and scientific method was) an influential English-language monograph series from 1922 to 1965 under the general editorship of Charles Kay Ogden from Magdalene College ( Cambridge ) in Kegan Paul , Trench, Trubner & Co. in London . This series contains some of the groundbreaking works in the field of psychology and philosophy , especially from the Vienna Circle . Some of the writings of the most important psychologists and philosophers of the time were published in it, including Alfred Adler , CD Broad , Rudolf Carnap , FM Cornford , Edmund Husserl , CG Jung , Kurt Koffka , Ernst Kretschmer , Bronisław Malinowski , Karl Mannheim , George Edward Moore , Jean Nicod , Jean Piaget , Frank P. Ramsey , Otto Rank , WHR Rivers , Louis Leon Thurstone , Jakob von Uexküll , Hans Vaihinger , Edvard Westermarck , William Morton Wheeler , Ludwig Wittgenstein , JN Findlay and others.

The Tractatus logico-philosophicus (1922) by Ludwig Wittgenstein , translated into English, was one of her first volumes. The behaviorist monograph by Solly Zuckerman on the social life of monkeys and apes ( The social life of monkeys and apes ) appeared in it.

Most of the more than two hundred volumes in the series saw additional editions, some in revised editions. The issue of the series was outlined as follows:

"Its purpose is to give expression, in a convenient form and at a moderate price, to the remarkable developments which have recently occurred in Psychology and its allied sciences. The older philosophers were preoccupied by metaphysical interests which for the most part have ceased to attract the younger investigators, and their forbidding terminology too often acted as a deterrent for the general reader. The attempt to deal in dear language with current tendencies whether in England and America or on the Continent has met with a very encouraging reception, and not only have accepted authorities been invited to explain the newer theories, but it has been found possible to include a number of original contributions of high merit. / Dt. Their purpose is to the remarkable developments that have taken place lately in psychology and its related sciences, to express, in an appropriate form and at a moderate price. The older philosophers were preoccupied with metaphysical interests which, for the most part, no longer attracted the younger scholars, and their somber terminology too often turned off the general reader. Attempting to delve into current trends, be it in England and America or on the continent, has met with very encouraging reception and not only have recognized authorities been invited to explain their more recent theories, but it has been found possible was to include a number of original contributions of great value. "

selection

The following is an alphabetical list of the authors, mostly with the year of first publication (many volumes have seen reprints or further editions):

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ See the linked publisher's pages ("1932-3") at the end of: Sante De Sanctis : Religious conversion, a bio-psychological study. London, K. Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., Ltd .; New York, Harcourt, Brace & Company, Inc., 1927 ( digitized )

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