The central thesis of Hergenhahn’s work is that psychology did not spring into existence with Wilhelm Wundt’s laboratory in 1879. Instead, the text posits that the "history of psychology" is essentially the history of human thought regarding the nature of life, the soul, and the mind. By starting not with the modern definition of the field, but with ancient Greek philosophy and even pre-Socratic thought, Hergenhahn contextualizes psychology as the answer to questions that have plagued humanity for millennia: What is knowledge? How do we perceive reality? Do we have free will?
El libro se organiza cronológicamente, comenzando desde la Antigua Grecia hasta llegar a la psicología contemporánea : The central thesis of Hergenhahn’s work is that
Introducción a la Historia de la Psicología by B.R. Hergenhahn is a foundational textbook used globally to understand the evolution of psychological thought from ancient philosophy to modern science How do we perceive reality