Feest, Uljana (2014) Physicalism, Introspection, and Psychophysics: The Carnap/Duncker Exchange. In: UNSPECIFIED.

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In 1932, Rudolf Carnap published his article “Psychology in a Physical Language.” The article prompted a critical response by the Gestalt psychologist Karl Duncker. The exchange is marked by mutual lack of comprehension. In this paper I will provide a contextualized explication of the exchange. I will show that Carnap’s physicalism was deeply rooted in the psychophysical tradition that also informed Gestalt psychological research. By failing to acknowledge this, Carnap missed out on the possibility to enter into a serious debate and to forge an alliance with a like-minded psychologist at the time. I conclude by suggesting that the kind of physicalism practiced by Gestalt psychologists deserves to be taken seriously by current philosophy of psychology.

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Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (UNSPECIFIED)
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Feest, Uljana ufeest@yahoo.com
Keywords:	introspection, Carnap, protocol-sentence debate, HOPOS, physicalism, history of psychology
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Cognitive Science General Issues > History of Philosophy of Science Specific Sciences > Psychology
Depositing User:	Dr. Uljana Feest
Date Deposited:	03 Nov 2014 13:24
Last Modified:	03 Nov 2014 13:24
Item ID:	11114
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Cognitive Science General Issues > History of Philosophy of Science Specific Sciences > Psychology
Date:	2 November 2014
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/11114

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