Robert T Keegan
Biographic Data
| ID | 4239909 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Robert T Keegan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Robert T |
| FAMILY NAME | Keegan |
| SIGNATURE | KEEGAN R T |
| AFFILIATIONS | Pace University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1983 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The Observing Eye: A Century of Baby Diaries
We identify three categories of baby diaries prevalent from the late 18th to the late 19th century in Western Europe and the USA – scientific, educational, and domestic. By the end of the 19th century, a canon of ‘scientific’ baby diary literature had been established. The diarists were professionals and almost always parents – among them philosophers, psychologists, evolutionists, educators. Recurring themes, such as the nature of instinctive be…
Commentary
A Preponderance of the Evidence
Creativity from childhood to adulthood: A difference of degree and not of kind
An idea used by Darwin to explain the great difference in mental powers between the higher animals and humans while arguing for our continuity with them is used as the source analogy to explain the relationship between creativity in childhood and creativity in adulthood
Guest editors' preface
Love, death, and continuity in Darwin's thinking
The interplay among Darwin's organizations of purpose, affect, and knowledge is examined, with particular focus on the development of his ideas about psychology. This enterprise was subordinate to his major enterprise, developing a clear and convincing theory of evolution. There is, nevertheless, a remarkably rich record available for reconstructing Darwin's thinking in this domain. The historical context in which his ideas were constructed revea…
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Guest editors' preface
Love, death, and continuity in Darwin's thinking
The interplay among Darwin's organizations of purpose, affect, and knowledge is examined, with particular focus on the development of his ideas about psychology. This enterprise was subordinate to his major enterprise, developing a clear and convincing theory of evolution. There is, nevertheless, a remarkably rich record available for reconstructing Darwin's thinking in this domain. The historical context in which his ideas were constructed revea…
Creativity from childhood to adulthood: A difference of degree and not of kind
An idea used by Darwin to explain the great difference in mental powers between the higher animals and humans while arguing for our continuity with them is used as the source analogy to explain the relationship between creativity in childhood and creativity in adulthood
A Preponderance of the Evidence
The Observing Eye: A Century of Baby Diaries
We identify three categories of baby diaries prevalent from the late 18th to the late 19th century in Western Europe and the USA – scientific, educational, and domestic. By the end of the 19th century, a canon of ‘scientific’ baby diary literature had been established. The diarists were professionals and almost always parents – among them philosophers, psychologists, evolutionists, educators. Recurring themes, such as the nature of instinctive be…
Commentary
Epistemology (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Developmental psychology (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Evolution and Science Education (2 works) · History (2 works) · Philosophy and History of Science (2 works) · Psychoanalysis (2 works) · Sociology (2 works)