Selected Readings in the philosophy, history, and theory of psychology
*Some of these extracts are presented as is; others include brief introductory comments (in the R. I. Watson style) or have been reedited for the sake of clarity or terminological consistency.
Edna Heidbreder (1933) on "Prescientific Psychology".
Edwin Arthur Burtt (1932) "Conclusion" on the Newtonian doctrine of mind.
C.W. Tolman (1991) "For a more adequate concept of development with help from Aristotle and Marx".
Nicola Abbagnano (1967) on varieties of "Positivism" (Social, Evolutionary, Critical).
John Passmore (1967) on "Logical Positivism".
Langfeld, H.S. (1945) Introduction [to the Symposium on Operationism].
John Somerville (1967/1983) on "The Nature of Reality: Dialectical Materialism".
Alex B. Novikoff (1945) on "The concept of integrative levels and biology".
Henry W. Nissen (1951) on "Phylogenetic Comparison".
Norman Munn (1971) on "The Rise of Animal Intelligence".
James M. Lawler (1978) on "Heritability" estimates and IQ.
Abraham Kaplan (1964) on the difference between "Models and Theories".
James J. Gibson (1966) "The Theory of Information Pickup".
James J. Gibson (1966) on perceptual error: "The Causes of Deficient Perception".
Lev Vygotsky (1978) "Problems of method" in psychology.
A.N. Leontiev [Leontyev] (1979) "The problem of activity in psychology".
A.N. Leontyev (1981) "The problem of the origin of sensation".
A.N. Leontyev (1981): "An outline of the evolution of the psyche".
Israel Scheffler (1967/1982): "Objectivity Under Attack".
Hans Reichenbach (1938) on the "context of discovery and context of justification".
Sigmund Koch (September, 1984): "Psychology Versus the Psychological Studies".
C.W. Tolman & C.R. Lemery (1990) "How to reconcile theoretical differences in psychology".
Edward S. Reed (1987) "James Gibson's Ecological Approach to Cognition".
Norman L. Munn (1948): "The Ethics of Textbook Writing".
E.G. Boring (1961): "Tolerances for Inaccuracy".