Psychologism

This article is about the family of philosophical positions. For the subfield of philosophical study, see Philosophy of psychology.

Psychologism is a family of philosophical positions, according to which certain psychological facts, laws, or entities play a central role in grounding or explaining certain non-psychological facts, laws, or entities. The word was coined by Johann Eduard Erdmann as Psychologismus, being translated into English as psychologism.[1][2]

  1. ^ Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Psychologism.
  2. ^ Kusch, M., Psychologism: The Sociology of Philosophical Knowledge (London & New York: Routledge, 1995), p. 101.