The Principles of Psychology
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The Principles of Psychology is an influential 19th-century work by Herbert Spencer that applies evolutionary theory to explain mental processes and the development of the mind.
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| instanceOf |
book
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non-fiction book → psychology book → |
| addresses |
adaptation of behavior to environment
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gradual differentiation of mental functions → relation between nervous system and consciousness → |
| appliesTheory |
evolutionary theory
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| author |
Herbert Spencer
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| countryOfOrigin |
United Kingdom
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| field |
philosophy
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psychology → |
| focusesOn |
adaptation of mental processes
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development of the mind → |
| genre |
philosophical work
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scientific treatise → |
| hasTheoreticalOrientation |
evolutionism
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naturalism → |
| historicalSignificance |
important in the development of scientific psychology
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one of the earliest systematic evolutionary accounts of mind → |
| influenced |
William James
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early evolutionary psychology → functionalism (psychology) → late 19th-century psychology → social theory → |
| influencedBy |
British empiricism
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Charles Darwin → evolutionary biology → |
| language |
English
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| mainSubject |
evolutionary psychology
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evolutionary theory → mental processes → philosophy of mind → psychology → |
| partOf |
Herbert Spencer's synthetic philosophy system
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| philosophicalStance |
anti-dualism
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monism → |
| proposes |
gradual development of mental complexity
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mental life as continuous with biological life → mind as product of evolutionary adaptation → |
| publicationCentury |
19th century
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| relatedWorkByAuthor |
First Principles (Herbert Spencer)
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The Principles of Ethics → The Principles of Sociology → |
| targetAudience |
philosophers
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scholars → scientists → |
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Herbert Spencer
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Education: Intellectual, Moral, and Physical
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