     An Intellectual History of Psychology, already a classic in its field, is now available in a concise new third edition. It presents psychological ideas as part of a greater web of thinking throughout history about the essentials of human nature, interwoven with ideas from philosophy, science, religion, art, literature, and politics.     Daniel N. Robinson demonstrates that from the dawn of rigorous and self-critical inquiry in ancient Greece, reflections about human nature have been inextricably linked to the cultures from which they arose, and each definable historical age has added its own character and tone to this long tradition. An Intellectual History of Psychology not only explores the most significant ideas about human nature from ancient to modern times, but also examines the broader social and scientific contexts in which these concepts were articulated and defended. Robinson treats each epoch, whether ancient Greece or Renaissance Florence or Enlightenment France, in its own terms, revealing the problems that dominated the age and engaged the energies of leading thinkers.     Robinson also explores the abiding tension between humanistic and scientific perspectives, assessing the most convincing positions on each side of the debate. Invaluable as a text for students and as a stimulating and insightful overview for scholars and practicing psychologists, this volume can be read either as a history of psychology in both its philosophical and aspiring scientific periods or as a concise history of Western philosophy’s concepts of human nature.

An intellectual history of psychology

Health, Fitness & Dieting

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Psychology & Counseling

Macmillan

This book presents a "history of ideas" approach to psychology, tracing the main strands of the influences leading to "modern" psychology from its earliest beginnings in Greek civilization, philosophy and science to its state at the present moment. The book aims to offer an interpretation, a set of appraisals, a critical synthesis of psychology as a science and as a component of intellectual and cultural history.

An Intellectual History of Psychology

The University of Wisconsin Press

Aristotle's Psychology

A reconstruction of Aristotle's systematic Psychology from the full range of his philosophical and scientific treatises. Special attention is given to Aristotle's theories of perception, learning and memory, motivation and emotion, and the development of the moral virtues within the political life of the community. The debts to and departures from Aristotle's own teacher, Plato, and the larger cultural context of both Aristotelian and Platonic thought developed are reviewed.

Aristotle

POLOS Ltd

The Great Ideas of Psychology

If you've ever wanted to delve more deeply into the mysteries of human emotion, perception, and cognition, and of why we do what we do, these 48 lectures offer a superb place to start. With them, you'll see the entire history of psychology unfold. In the hands of Professor Robinson, these lectures encompass ideas, speculations, and point-blank moral questions that might just dismantle and rebuild everything you once thought you knew about psychology. In fact, you'll not only learn what psychology is, but even if it is, as Professor Robinson discusses the constantly shifting debate over the nature of psychology itself. Lecture by lecture, Professor Robinson navigates from one subject to the next, and you'll follow along as he recreates a Platonic dialogue; explains brain physiology; or explores the intricacies of middle ear construction, the psychological underpinnings of the Salem witch trials, and the history of the insanity defense. Among other things, you'll learn: How a brilliant young scientist's temporary blindness led to pioneering research in sensory psychology How the once-prestigious, now-derided, "sciences" of phrenology and mesmerism contributed to psychological knowledge What happened when a Stanford psychologist and his students decided to study "being sane in insane places" by getting themselves committed to a mental institution How the brain is able to "rewire" itself to compensate for particular traumas at an early age 
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The Teaching Company

Professor Daniel N. Robinson presents ideas, speculations, and point-blank moral questions that might just dismantle and rebuild everything you once thought you knew about psychology. The four paperbacks are the Lecture Transcript and Course Guidebooks that support the DVD course (NOTE: only the paperback guidebooks are offered for sale in this listing).

The Great Ideas of Psychology, Volume 1-4 (The Great Courses)

American Ideals : Founding a "Republic of Virtue", Lecture Transcript and Course Guidebook (The Great Courses: Teaching that Engages the Mind Series)

The Teaching Company Limited Partnership

The Great Ideas of Philosophy (The Great Courses)

Politics & Social Sciences

Philosophy

Teaching Company

High level, university level teaching! Course Lecture Titles 1. "Depth Psychology" From the Dance to the Drama 2. The Aesthetics of Harmony 3. The Invention of Scholarship 4. Science and the Nature of Things 5. The Hippocratics 6. The Rule of Law 7. Statecraft 8. Ancient Greek Religion 9. Character and Personality 10. The Moral Point of View 11. The City and the Civic Life 12. Perfectionism and the Greek Ideal

Greek Legacy CDs: Classical Origins of the Modern World - The Teaching Company (The Great Courses)

Science & Math

Mathematics

6 audio cassettes and guidebook in original box.

Consciousness and Its Implications, Part 1 (The Great Courses: Philosophy and Intellectual History)

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