Michael Sylvester wrote: > Btw, William James is really the founder of psychology but he took > too long to publish the Principles.Wundt got the honor because he was > the first to publish. Wundt published _Principles of Physiological Psychology_ in 1874, and it was his second texbook on psychology). James wasn't contracted by Holt to write _Principles of Psychology_ until 1878, and it took him 12 years to finish it. So Wundt still wins.
And, as it turns out, there was a long tradition of German textbooks on psychology dating back to the beginning of the 19th century when the subject was made "examinable" in the state-run German schools. The most famous of these is Lotze's _Medical Psychology_, 1852. Thomas Teo recently published an article about this tradition in the _Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences_ (disclosure: which I edit). Regards, -- Christopher D. Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 Canada 416-736-5115 ex. 66164 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.yorku.ca/christo/ ====================================== ---
