Systematic Psychology: Prolegomena
by: Titchener, Edward Bradford Preface: H.C.Weld

Hardcover. NY, Macmillan Co., 1st, 1929, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, olive cloth with gilt lettering on spine faded. 278 pages. Titchener's last statement of his 'structuralist' theoretical position, edited by his Cornell colleague H.P.Weld (who provides a 4 page Preface). A comprehensive book written by Edward Bradford Titchener, a prominent psychologist of the early 20th century. The book is a prologue to Titchener's larger work, Systematic Psychology, and lays out the philosophical foundations of psychology as a science. Titchener begins by defining psychology as the study of conscious experience, and argues that it is a natural science that should be studied using introspection. He outlines the basic principles of introspection and the methods used to study mental processes, including perception, attention, memory, and thought. The book also covers the philosophical underpinnings of psychology, including the relationship between mind and body, free will and determinism, and the nature of causality. Name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.