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Elemente de metafizică
Elemente de metafizică

What did Rădulescu-Motru mean by “consciousness”?

Author(s): Mona Mamulea
Subject(s): Metaphysics, Epistemology, History of Psychology
Published by: Editura Academiei Române
Keywords: definitions of consciousness; rational psychology; empirical psychology; creature consciousness; state consciousness;

Summary/Abstract: As a student in Wundt’s laboratory Rădulescu-Motru witnessed the birth of experimental psychology, linked to a paradigm shift in the understanding of psyche. The following paper examines his Elemente de metafizică (1912) in order to uncover and clarify the concept of consciousness he employed in his metaphysical thought.

  • Issue Year: XV/2019
  • Issue No: 15
  • Page Range: 43-55
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Romanian