The development of the meaning attaching to the personal self, the conscious being, is the subject matter of the history of psychology.
James M. Baldwin Quotes
Plato stands for the union of truth and goodness in the supreme idea of God.
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| Birth: | 12th January, 1861 |
| Death: | 8th November, 1934 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Profession: | Philosopher, Psychologist |
About
James Mark Baldwin was born in Columbia, South Carolina, USA. He was an American philosopher and psychologist. He was educated at Princeton University under the supervision of Scottish philosopher James McCosh and who was one of the founders of the Department of Psychology at the university. Concerned with the relation of Darwinian evolution to psychology, he favoured the study of individual differences, stressed the importance of theory for psychology, and was critical of narrow experimentalism. In 1889, he became professor of philosophy at the University of Toronto, where he established a psychological laboratory. Later, as professor of psychology and philosophy at Princeton University from 1893–1903. He wrote several books include: American neutrality, Thought and things, Darwin and the humanities, Handbook Of Psychology, Elements of Psychology, The story of the mind, and Mental development in the child and the race.
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