Titre du document / Document title

The tree of knowledge system and the theoretical unification of psychology

Auteur(s) / Author(s)

HENRIQUES Gregg ⁽¹⁾ ;

Affiliation(s) du ou des auteurs / Author(s) Affiliation(s)

⁽¹⁾ University of Pennsylvania, ETATS-UNIS

Résumé / Abstract

The outline for theoretically unified psychology is offered. A new epistemological system is used to provide a unique vantage point to examine how psychological science exists in relationship to the other sciences. This new view suggests that psychology can be thought of as existing between the central insights of B. F. Skinner and Sigmund Freud. Specifically, Skinner's fundamental insight is merged with cognitive neuroscience to understand how mind emerges out of life. This conception is then joined with Freud's fundamental insight to understand the evolutionary changes in mind that gave rise to human culture. By linking life to mind from the bottom and mind to culture from the top, psychology is effectively boxed in between biology and the social sciences.

Revue / Journal Title

Review of general psychology   ISSN 1089-2680 

Source / Source

2003, vol. 7, n^o2, pp. 150-182 [33 page(s) (article)] (4 p.1/4)

Langue / Language

Anglais

Editeur / Publisher

Educational Publishing Foundation, Washington, DC, ETATS-UNIS  (1997) (Revue)

Mots-clés anglais / English Keywords

Unification ; Theory ; Psychology ; Epistemology ;

Mots-clés français / French Keywords

Unification ; Théorie ; Psychologie ; Epistémologie ;

Mots-clés espagnols / Spanish Keywords

Unificación ; Teoría ; Psicología ; Epistemología ;

Localisation / Location

INIST-CNRS, Cote INIST : 27004, 35400011954493.0020