NOCTUA
La tradizione filosofica dall’antico al moderno
History of Philosophy from the Ancient to the Modern Age
Autore / Author: Faustino Fabbianelli
Affiliazione / Author affiliation: Università degli Studi di Parma
Titolo / Title: Psicologia, antropologia e antropologismo nella Germania di fine Ottocento-inizi Novecento
Abstract: The aim of my paper is to show how the two concepts of psychology and anthropology are linked in the philosophical reflection of some german authors between the end of 19th and the beginning of the 20th century: I discuss in particular the theories of W. Dilthey, W. Wundt, T. Lipps, W. Windelband and H. Cohen. I find a line of demarcation that divides their theoretical positions and concerns the role that psychology should play in relationship to the investigation on the human nature. In front of statements for which psychology (descriptive, genetic or phenomenological) represents the basis for an anthropological proposal there are philosophical assumptions according to which such an idea has to be comprehended as a form of anthropologism or psychologism. Instead of studying facts and connections of facts a well founded anthropological research should be transcendental and start from the Kantian question about the conditions of the possibility of the human nature.
Keywords: Psychology; anthropology; anthropologism; Immanuel Kant; Wilhelm Dilthey; Wilhelm Wundt.
English title: Psychology, Anthropology and Anthropologism in Late 19th-Early 20th Century Germany
DOI: 10.14640/NoctuaI8
Anno / Volume: I
Fascicolo / Issue: 2
Pagine / Pages: 283-311
Pubblicazione / Publication date: 01/08/2014
Permalink: https://dx.doi.org/10.14640/NoctuaI8
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