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Annals of Theoretical Psychology Volume 9 EDITORIAL BOARD D. Bakan, York University, Canada J. S. Bruner, New York University D. T. Campbell, Lehigh University R. B. Cattell, University of Hawaii at Manoa H. J. Eysenck, University of London, England C. F. Graumann, Universitiit Heidelberg, Germany R. L. Gregory, University of Bristol, England M. Henle, New School for Social Research F. Klix, Humboldt Universitiit zu Berlin, Germany S. Koch, Boston University K. B. Madsen, Royal Danish School of Educational Studies, Denmark D. Magnusson, University of Stockholm, Sweden G. Mandler, University of California, San Diego G. A. Miller, Princeton University K. Pawlik, University of Hamburg, Germany K. Prlbram, Stanford University G. Radnitzky, Universitiit Trier, Germany R. Rieber, The City University of New York D. N. Robinson, Georgetown University J. F. Rychlak, Loyola University, Chicago J. Smedslund, University of Oslo, Norway P. Suppes, Stanford University O. K. Tikhomirov, Moscow University, Russia S. Toulmin, The University of Chicago B. B. Wolman, New York A Continuation Order Plan is available for this series. A continuation order will bring delivery of each new volume immediately upon publication. Volumes are billed only upon actual shipment. For further information please contact the publisher. Annals of Theoretical Psychology Volume 9 Edited by v. HANS RAPP ARD Department of Psychonomics Free University Amsterdam, The Netherlands PIETER J. VAN STRIEN Department of PsychOlogy University of Groningen Groningen, The Netherlands LEENDERT P. MOS Center for Advanced Study in Theoretical Psychology University of Alberta Edmonton, Alberta, Canada and WILLIAM J. BAKER Department of Psychology Concordia Lutheran College Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Springer Science+Business Media, LLC The Ubrary of Congress has catalogued this title as follows: Annals of theoretical psychology.-Vol. 1--New York, N.Y.: Plenum Press. 1984- v.: illus., 23 cm. Annual. ISSN 0747-5241 = Annals of theoretical psychology. 1. Psychology-Philosophy-Periodicals. BF38.A53 150'.5--dc19 84-644088 Ubrary of Congress [8501] AACR2MARC-S ISBN 978-1-4613-6300-2 ISBN 978-1-4615-2986-6 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-1-4615-2986-6 © 1993 Springer Science+Business Media New York Originally published by Plenwn Press, New York in 1993 AlI rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, microfilming, recording, or otherwise, without written permission from the Publisher Contributors Adele A. Abrahamsen, Department of Psychology, Georgia State Univer sity, Atlanta, Georgia, USA William Bechtel; Department of Philosophy, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA Lindley Darden, Committee on the History and Philosophy of Science, University of Maryland College Park, College Park, Maryland, USA David Devonis, Department of Psychology, Teikyo Marycrest University, Davenport, Iowa, USA Michael Heidelberger, Department of Philosophy, Albert-Ludwigs-Uni versity Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany K. B. Madsen, Royal Danish School of Educational Studies, Copenhagen, Denmark Robert N. McCauley, Department of Philosophy, Emory University, At lanta, Georgia, USA Luciano Mecacci, Department of Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy Debra Sue Pate, Central San Joaquin Valley Medical Education Program, Fresno, California, USA James L. Pate, Department of Psychology, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA Hans V. Rappard, Department ofP sychonomics, Free University, Amster dam, Netherlands Daniel N. Robinson, Department of Psychology, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA Eckart Scheerer, Institute for Cognitive Studies, University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany v VI Contributors Arthur W. Staats, Department of Psychology, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA Christfried Togel, Institute for Philosophical Sciences, Bulgarian Acad emy of Science, Sofia, Bulgaria William R. Woodward, Department of Psychology, University of New Hampshire, New Hampshire, USA Preface The present volume is a continuation of Volume 8 in the Annals series. Together Volumes 8 and 9 are intended to show the contribu tion of history to theory in psychology. The reader is referred to the Introduction by Hans Rappard and Pieter van Strien, and the Preface in Volume 8 that serve as a prelude to the papers included in both volumes. Volume 8 includes three major papers: Psychological objects, practice, and history by Kurt Danziger, with commentaries by Mitchell Ash, Franz Samelson, and John Mills; History and the psychological imagination by Irmingard Staeuble, with commentar ies by Carl Graumann and Roger Smith; and The historical practice oft heory construction by Pieter 1. van Strien, with commentaries by Helmut Luck, Kenneth Gergen, and Ian Lubek. Similarly, the present volume includes three major papers and ten commentaries. In preparation of this volume and its companion, Volume 8, we gratefully acknowledge the assistance of Valerie Welch who entered the text, and Casey Boodt who proofread the text and prepared the indexes. Leendert P. Mos and William J. Baker June, 1993 vii Contents Chapter 1. History and system . . . . . • . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 1 Hans V Rappard Psychology as its history ...•.....••....•.•....•.. 41 Daniel N. Robinson Theoretical psychology, systematology, and phenomenological variation. . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 47 Eckart Scheerer Systematization and history. . . . . . . . . • • . . . . . . . . . . .. 63 K. B. Madsen Towards the remarriage of theoretical psychology and psychology: Reply to commentators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 67 Hans V Rappard Chapter 2. Toward a new understanding of scientific change: Applying interfield theory to the history of psychology. . . . .. 87 William R. Woodward & David Devonis Interfield connections and psychology. . . . . . . . . . . .. 125 William Bechtel & Adele A. Abrahamsen ix x Contents Interfield theories and strategies for theory change.. 141 Lindley Darden Does interfield theory solve history of psychology problems? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 145 J ames Pate & Debra Sue Pate Separatism with unification. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 155 Arthur W. Staats Cross-scientific study and the complexities of psychology ................................. 165 Robert N. McCauley An invitation to interfield science: Reply to commentators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 173 David Devonis & William R. Woodward Chapter 3. Preliminary observations on the history and theory of psychology from a structuralist point of view .... 207 Christfried Togel Making philosophy of science more relevant. . . . . . .. 237 Michael Heidelberger Commentary on Togel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 245 Luciano Mecacci
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