Walking the Tightrope
The Committee on the Behavioral Sciences and Academic Cultures at the University of Chicago, 1949-1955
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4767751 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Philippe Fontaine (0000-0003-1027-8236, Institut des Sciences Sociales du Politique, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 52 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 349-370 |
| Publication date | 2016-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-5061 • E-ISSN: 1520-6696 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/jhbs.21812 |
| PMID | 27558872 |
| OpenAlex | W2517719089 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 30 |
The Chicago Committee on the Behavioral Sciences occupies a special place in the eponymous movement. Involving prominent figures such as psychologist James G. Miller and neurophysiologist Ralph W. Gerard, this committee embodied the common belief among behavioral scientists that a cross-disciplinary approach using natural science methods was key to understanding major issues facing mid-century American society. This interdivisional committee fell under the jurisdiction of both the natural and social sciences. As such, its flagship project, an institute of mental sciences, had to face the reluctance both of natural scientists who thought it inadequately scientific and of social scientists who regard its efforts as too narrow in scope and too biological in orientation. Though it failed in its main objective to create an institute, the committee was a formidable instrument of intellectual stimulation and socialization for its members. It provided them with an opportunity to familiarize themselves with each other's scientific backgrounds, practices and jargons, realize the significance of academic cultural differences and learn ways to accommodate them
Behavioural sciences · Discipline · Embodied cognition · Engineering ethics · Epistemology · Miller · Natural (archaeology) · Political science · Scope (computer science) · Social science · Socialization · Sociology · Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology · Engineering · Historical Psychiatry and Medical Practices · Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes · History · Psychology
The Natural Sciences and the Social Sciences
The Nationalization of the Social Sciences
Psychologists on the March
Working Knowledge
The Romance of American Psychology
From Asylum to Community
The Wisdom of the Body
Department and Discipline
The Origins of American Social Science
The mental health sector and the social sciences in post-World War II USA. Part 1
Social Scientist
Creating the Cold War University
Robert M. Hutchins
Toward a general theory for the behavioral sciences
The early institutional establishment of social science research
Toward a Unified Theory of Human Behavior
The Science Legislation and the Role of the Social Sciences
A history of the Department of Psychology at the University of Chicago
Black West Africa
What is "behavioral science?" - notes toward a history
The Reconstitution of Political Theory
Patrons of the Revolution
Importing Freud
The Art of Social Science
Clinical Sociology
| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,86 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2026 (8) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |