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History of Psychology, 4/e
David Hothersall, Ohio State University

Philosophical and Scientific Antecedents of Psychology

Web Links


Renaissance
(http://www.learner.org/exhibits/renaissance/resources.html)

A great starting site for all sorts of information about the Renaissance.
Labyrinth
(http://labyrinth.georgetown.edu/)

This “labyrinth” contains information about both Medieval and Renaissance times.
Descartes’ Discourse
(http://www.human-nature.com/reason/descartes/preface.html)

La Bibliotheque Universelle

The first of these links gives the full text of Descartes’ Discourse in English, the second in the original French.

The Journal Mind
(http://www.jstor.org)

Full text of the journal Mind, among others, can be found here. This is a great source for original writings of many psychologists discussed in the Hothersall text!
St. Augustine’s Confessions
(http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/1101.htm)

The text of St. Augustine’s Confessions.
The Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences
(http://www.newton.cam.ac.uk/newton.html)

This is the site of The Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences.
Newton
(http://www.newtonproject.ic.ac.uk/)

The Newton Project site is perhaps the best source of information about Newton.
Galileo and Copernicus
(http://es.rice.edu/ES/humsoc/Galileo/)

This Galileo Project site includes several resources on Galileo and Copernicus. Includes descriptions/replications of Galileo’s experiments.
St. Augustine’s Treatise
(http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/1508.htm)

The text of St. Augustine’s Treatise on the Soul and its Origin.
Medieval psychology
(http://psychclassics.yorku.ca/suggestions.htm#medieval)

http://psychclassics.yorku.ca/suggestions.htm#renaissance

Here are discussions of medieval psychology and Renaissance philosophy, with links.

Copernicus
(http://www-gap.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Copernicus.html)

This is a biography of Copernicus with numerous links to related information.
Primary documents
(http://library.byu.edu/~rdh/eurodocs/homepage.html)

This site connects you to numerous primary documents, organized by country of origin.
John Locke
(http://www.libraries.psu.edu/iasweb/locke/home.htm)

An extensive bibliography of writings about John Locke, arranged by year.

Locke

Contains links to numerous original writings of Locke.

Facets of the nature-nurture debate
(http://www.age-of-the-sage.org/psychology/)

This site describes several facets of the nature-nurture debate, with some good links.