On the Study of Character Including An Estimate of Phrenology - Softcover

Bain, Alexander

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0766189937 ISBN 13: 9780766189935

Publisher: Kessinger Publishing Co, 2004

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Synopsis

1861. Alexander Bain, Scottish philosopher and educationalist, was an early proponent of scientific psychology. Along with his friend, John Stuart Mill, Bain was a major proponent of the British school of empiricism: a theory which based all knowledge on basic sensory experiences and not on introspection. Bain's philosophical and scientific writings were completed during his twenty years as a professor at Aberdeen. The Study of Character is an interesting critique of phrenology. Contents: Theories of Character; Claims of Phrenology; The Propensities According to Phrenology; The Sentiments According to Phrenology; The Intellectual Faculties According to Phrenology; The Omissions of Phrenology; Natural, or Spontaneous Activity; The Emotional Temperament; Special Emotions, or Tastes; Intellect in General; Intellect for Good and Evil-Prudence; Intellectual Element of Disinterestedness-Sympathy; Special Intellectual Endowments; Talent; and Genius. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.

Edition details

• Publisher: Kessinger Publishing Co
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0766189937
• ISBN 13: 9780766189935
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 364