The muscular sense in Russia
I. M. Sechenov and materialist realism
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7865152 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Roger Smith (0000-0003-4720-0280, Rogers (United States), corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 55 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 5-20 |
| Publication date | 2019-01-01 |
| 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/jhbs.21943 |
| PMID | 30508285 |
| OpenAlex | W2902645968 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 14 |
Contemporary Russian sensory physiology and psychology uses the notion of a “dark sense,” referring to the background of bodily sensation, especially of the position and movement of the body. The physiologist Ivan Sechenov introduced this language in the 1860s in the context of arguing for a physiological basis for scientific psychology. The muscular sense (the term preceding modern notions of kinaesthesia and proprioception) thereafter featured in the many talks and journal articles he presented to spread scientific enlightenment. The paper describes the history and significance of this. It does so in the light of Soviet representations of Sechenov as a scientist who substantially contributed to the Leninist materialist–realist theory of knowledge. These representations assessed Sechenov’s discussions as a breakthrough in world science to the understanding of the human organism as a self‐regulating material system. It is necessary to understand the purposes and pressures driving Soviet historiography. The paper confirms the historical importance the sense of movement has had in realist theories of knowledge of the world; and it contributes a previously unknown chapter to the history of psychology
Context (archaeology) · Enlightenment · Epistemology · Historiography · Materialism · Reductionism · Sociology of scientific knowledge · Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology · Cybernetics and Technology in Society · History · History of Computing Technologies · Philosophy · Psychology
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| Citations per year | 0.13 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2018 - 2018 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |