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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] The Oxford English Dictionary defines psychologism as: "The view or doctrine that a theory of psychology or ideas forms the basis of an account of metaphysics, epistemology, or meaning; (sometimes) spec. the explanation or derivation of mathematical or logical laws in terms of psychological facts."[3] Psychologism in epistemology, the idea that its problems "can be solved satisfactorily by the psychological study of the development of mental processes", was argued in John Locke's An Essay Concerning Human Understanding (1690).[4] Other forms of psychologism are logical psychologism and mathematical psychologism. Logical psychologism is a position in logic (

Psychologism - Wikipedia Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Philosophical position regarding the role of psychology This article is about the family of philosophical positions. For the subfield of philosophical study, see Philosophy of psychology . Psychologism (or logical psychologism ) is a family of philosophical positions, according to which logical laws , truths, or principles are grounded in, reducible to, or explained by psychological facts, laws, or processes. The term was coined by Johann Eduard Erdmann as Psychologismus , being translated into English as psychologi

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