Emphasizing concepts of adaptation, continuity, and development, Spencer attempted to found psychology on principles of evolutionary biology. In so doing he laid the groundwork for scientific functionalism, developmentalism, and the sensorimotor theory of cortical localization.
- ISBN10 1855066556
- ISBN13 9781855066557
- Publish Date 1 November 1998
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 6 January 2006
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Imprint Thoemmes Continuum
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 632
- Language English