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

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Annals of Theoretical Psychology Volume 9

Edited by

HANS v. 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

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Contributors

Adele A. Abrahamsen, Department of Psychology, Georgia State Univer­sity, 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-Uni­versity Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

K. B. Madsen, Royal Danish School of Educational Studies, Copenhagen, Denmark

Robert N. McCauley, Department of Philosophy, Emory University, At­lanta, 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 of Psychonomics, Free University, Amster­dam, Netherlands

Daniel N. Robinson, Department of Psychology, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA

Eckart Scheerer, Institute for Cognitive Studies, University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany

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Arthur W. Staats, Department of Psychology, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

Christfried Togel, Institute for Philosophical Sciences, Bulgarian Acad­emy 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 contribu­tion 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 commentar­ies by Carl Graumann and Roger Smith; and The historical practice of theory 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

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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

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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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Does the structuralist view of theories allow a fresh look at the history of psychology? Reply to commentators ........................ 247

Christfried TogeJ

Author index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 251

Topic index ........................................ 257

Contents of previous volumes ......................... 263