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C. Rădulescu-Motru și proiectul pozitivist al psihologiei ca știință
C. Rădulescu-Motru and the project of psychology as positive science

Author(s): Constantin Stoenescu
Subject(s): History of Philosophy, Epistemology, History of Psychology
Published by: Editura Academiei Române
Keywords: philosophical positivism; John Stuart Mill; C. Rădulescu-Motru; sci¬entific theory; human nature;

Summary/Abstract: My aim in this paper is to argue that C. Rădulescu-Motru was in his book Puterea sufletească [The Power of Soul] very close to the positivist approach of psychology. I support the thesis that Motru not only had a good understanding of the project developed by Comte and Mill, but he also tried to use and integrate creatively, especially Mill’s ideas, into his own approach. Moreover, I propose the historical interpretation that Motru didn’t leave his own initial positivist methodological framework, but he tried to develop it inside the more complex vision of a methodological pluralism.

  • Issue Year: XV/2019
  • Issue No: 15
  • Page Range: 29-42
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Romanian