History of Psychology in Autobiography

by Leendert P. Mos

Book Overview

Since the 17th century, autobiography has an honorable place in the study of history. In 1930, the preeminent historian of psychology, Edwin Boring, writes that a science separated from its history lacks direction and promises a future of uncertain importance. To understand what psychology is and what it is becoming, the autobiographies of famous psychologists is history at it best. Here we find model inquirers of the science who offer a personalized...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0387885005
• ISBN13: 9780387885001
• Release Date: May 2009
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 245 Pages
• Weight: 1.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"