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(LARGE PRINT EDITION) 1861. Alexander Bain, Scottish philosopher and educationalist, was an early proponent of scientific psychology. Along with his friend, John Stuart Mill, Bain was a major proponent of the British school of empiricism: a theory which based all knowledge on basic sensory experiences and not on introspection. Bain's philosophical and scientific writings were completed during his twenty years as a professor at Aberdeen. The Study of Character is an interesting critique of phrenology. Contents: Theories of Character; Claims of Phrenology; The Propensities According to…mehr

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(LARGE PRINT EDITION) 1861. Alexander Bain, Scottish philosopher and educationalist, was an early proponent of scientific psychology. Along with his friend, John Stuart Mill, Bain was a major proponent of the British school of empiricism: a theory which based all knowledge on basic sensory experiences and not on introspection. Bain's philosophical and scientific writings were completed during his twenty years as a professor at Aberdeen. The Study of Character is an interesting critique of phrenology. Contents: Theories of Character; Claims of Phrenology; The Propensities According to Phrenology; The Sentiments According to Phrenology; The Intellectual Faculties According to Phrenology; The Omissions of Phrenology; Natural, or Spontaneous Activity; The Emotional Temperament; Special Emotions, or Tastes; Intellect in General; Intellect for Good and Evil-Prudence; Intellectual Element of Disinterestedness-Sympathy; Special Intellectual Endowments; Talent; and Genius. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.