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On the occasion of the centenary of Wilhelm Wundt’s death (1832–1920), we had a conversation with Saulo de Freitas Araujo on the works and influence of the German author. After a brief introduction, the conversation begins with a reflection on the aims and objectives of Araujo’s work on the history and philosophy of Wundt’s psychology. A philosophical approach to the history of science and of psychology is then described. After considering the social and intellectual context of the revival of Wundt scholarship during the 1970s, Wundt’s philosophical and psychological project is discussed. The conversation ends with general reflections on Wundt’s legacy to recent and contemporary psychology.
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Hasok Chang is an American historian and philosopher of science. He is currently the Hans Rausing Professor of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge. His work has mainly focused on the history and philosophy of chemistry and physics during the last three centuries, which in turn have developed into concrete methodological and historiographical proposals and innovations. Currently, Chang is one of the most visible active scholars arguing for an integrated historical and philosophical approach to the history of science. See Chang (2017).
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Fierro, C., de Freitas Araujo, S. A Case for a Philosophical History of Psychology: An Interview with Saulo de Freitas Araujo at the Centenary of the Death of Wilhelm Wundt (1832–1920). Hu Arenas 4, 64–73 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42087-020-00165-z
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