@article{1438297,
      recid = {1438297},
      author = {Araujo, Saulo de Freitas, and Pereira, Thiago Constâncio  Ribeiro, and Sturm, Thomas,},
      title = {The force of an idea : new essays on Christian Wolff's  psychology /},
      pages = {1 online resource :},
      note = {Includes index.},
      abstract = {This book presents, for the first time in English, a  comprehensive anthology of essays on Christian Wolff's  psychology written by leading international scholars.  Christian Wolff is one of the towering figures in  18th-century Western thought. In the last decades, the  publication of Wolff's Gesammelte Werke by Jean École and  collaborators has aroused new interest in his ideas, but  the meaning, scope, and impact of his psychological program  have remained open to close and comprehensive analysis and  discussion. That is what this volume aims to do. This is  the first volume in English completely devoted to Wolff's  efforts to systematize empirical and rational psychology,  against the background of his understanding of scientific  method in metaphysics. Wolff thereby paved the way to the  very idea of a scientific psychology. The book is divided  into two parts. The first one covers the theoretical and  historical meaning and scope of Wolff's psychology, both in  its internal structure and in its relation to other parts  of his philosophical system, such as logic, cosmology,  aesthetics, or practical philosophy. The second part deals  with the reception and impact of Wolff's psychology,  starting with early reactions from his disciples and  opponents, and moving on to Kant, Hegel, and Wundt. The  Force of an Idea: New Essays on Christian Wolff's  Psychology shows not only that Wolff's psychological ideas  have been misinterpreted, but also that they are  historically more significant than traditional wisdom has  it. The book, therefore, will be of interest to historians  and philosophers of science, historians of philosophy and  psychology, as well as to philosophers and psychologists  interested in understanding the roots of scientific  psychology in 18th and 19th century German philosophy.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1438297},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-74435-9},
}