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Johns Hopkins's first professorship in philosophy: a critical pivot point in the history of American psychology
- Source :
- American Journal of Psychology. Summer, 2007, Vol. 120 Issue 2, p303, 21 p.
- Publication Year :
- 2007
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Abstract
- The first professorship in philosophy at Johns Hopkins University was contested in the early 1880s by two of the most prominent and influential scholars in America: Charles Sanders Peirce and George Sylvester Morris. A third figure also vied for the position, although he was much less well known at the time: Granville Stanley Hall. Through a series of unexpected circumstances, Hall ultimately won the professorship and then used it to leverage an extraordinary career that included his opening the first American research laboratory in psychology, establishing the American Journal of Psychology, becoming president of Clark University, founding the American Psychological Association, and profoundly affecting the character of developmental psychology in America.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00029556
- Volume :
- 120
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Gale General OneFile
- Journal :
- American Journal of Psychology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsgcl.165971124