Over the previous decade, Robert E. Lana had attempted to understand the enterprise of psychology as a totality. Such an attempt was unpopular in the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s but had become increasingly more popular to psychologists in the 1970s. After considerable study, he became convinced that the twin vehicles for such a task were the history of the field and the epistemological contexts into which psychological theories fit. Originally published in 1976, the initial chapters in this volume are devoted to explaining, through history, the major epistemological ideas either implicit or explicit in modern psychological theory. Later chapters are studies of the epistemological contexts that, in part, yield modern psychological theory.
- ISBN10 0470151226
- ISBN13 9780470151228
- Publish Date 31 December 1976
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 2 June 2021
- Publish Country US
- Imprint John Wiley & Sons Inc
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 192
- Language English