内容抑或意动——浅析西方心理学史上第一次思想之争

Content psychology and act psychology Review on the first controversy in the history of psychology

冯特与布伦塔诺的内容心理学与意动心理学之争对20世纪的心理学影响巨大。冯特认为心理学应该应用实验的方法研究心理现象的内容,而布伦塔诺认为心理学应该应用反省来观察心理活动的过程。冯特认为心理元素只有两类:感觉和情感,布伦塔诺则把心理现象分为表象、判断、爱憎三类。

The different opinions of wundt and Buentano about act and content have a greatinfluence on the development of psychology in 20th century, wundt thought the psychology shoulduse psychopsysical method to study the content of the conscious ,while Buentano argue that mindshould be studied by reflection and the act should be investigated by psychology, wundtconsidered that mental can be classified in to two elements ：perceiving and feeling ,whileBuentano classified mental phenomena into representation, judgment and like-dislike.