David Hartley's Newtonian neuropsychology
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4785157 |
|---|---|
| Authors | C U M Smith (Aston University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1987 |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 123-136 |
| Publication date | 1987-04-01 |
| 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 | 10.1002/1520-6696(198704)23:2<123::aid-jhbs2300230203>3.0.co;2-d |
| PMID | 3549881 |
| OpenAlex | W2072935572 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
David Hartley's association psychology has been immensely influential. His vibrationist neurophysiology has, in contrast, been largely overlooked and forgotten. Hartley's vibration theory is examined. On the one hand it is shown how closely it is related to Sir Isaac Newton's mathematical physics and on the other how well it complements the association theory. The vibration theory, indeed, strongly influenced Hartley's associationist psychology and hence is of more than merely antiquarian interest. Although Hartley's understanding of the central nervous system has long been superseded, his general ideas prefigure some aspects of contemporary neurophysiology and philosophy of mind and thus provide a further reason for rescuing his vibrationism from oblivion.
Association (psychology) · Cognition · Cognitive science · Epistemology · Neurophysiology · Neuropsychology · Psychoanalysis · Cognitive Science and Education Research · Neurology and Historical Studies · Neuroscience · Philosophy · Plant and Biological Electrophysiology Studies · Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.17 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1997 - 2024 (28) |
| Highly cited | No |