Idols that beset the psychologist’s mind Johannes Linschoten’s lectures and unpublished writings 1953-1964

• René van Hezewijk ^[1]
  1. [1] Open University of the Netherland
• Localización: Revista de historia de la psicología, ISSN-e 2445-0928, ISSN 0211-0040, Vol. 46, Nº 3, 2025, págs. 23-38
• Idioma: inglés
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  • Ídolos que acosan la mente del psicólogo Lecturas y escritos inéditos de Johannes Linschoten 1953-1964
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    Johannes (Hans) Linschoten (1925-1964) fue un destacado psicólogo holandés, y tuvo mucha influencia en la psicología holandesa debido a muchos artículos y algunos libros que publicó durante su breve vida. Su volumen sobre la psicología de William James (Linschoten, 1959) y sus Ídolos del psicólogo (1964) fueron muy apreciados. La mayoría de los psicólogos holandeses consideraron este último libro una ruptura con la fenomenología. En este artículo afirmo que no fue una ruptura, sino que continuó su visión, aunque con otros medios. Para probar mi hipótesis, examiné las conferencias disponibles que dio entre 1957 y 1964. Además, examiné un borrador manuscrito de un capítulo sobre «la metodología de la investigación psicológica» (escrito en 1953), y me remito a algunos artículos escritos aproximadamente al mismo tiempo que sus Ídolos del psicólogo. Su opinión siempre ha sido que la investigación fenomenológica y la experimental eran inevitables. Esta visión única debe considerarse la culminación del principio de complementariedad, que había sugerido William James, pero que no había podido terminar.

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    Johannes (Hans) Linschoten (1925-1964) was a prominent Dutch psychologist and very influential in Dutch psychology due to many articles and a few books he published during his short lifetime. Much appraised were his volume on the psychology of William James (Linschoten, 1959) and his Idolen van de psycholoog (1964). Most Dutch psychologists considered the latter book as a breach with phenomenology.

    In this article I claim it was not a breach. As discussed elsewhere he continued his view, be it with other means. To test my hypothesis, I examined the available copies of the lectures he gave from 1957 and 1964. I further examined a handwritten draft for a chapter on “the methodology of psychological research” (written in 1953) and refer to articles written at about the same time as his Idolen. His view always has been that phenomenology and experimental research were both inevitable. His unique view completed the complementarity principle that William James had suggested but not had been able to finish. His view also suggested how to resolve some issues in the philosophy of psychology of the 20th century

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