Holt, Edwin B. (Edwin Bissell) 1873-1946

The Freudian wish and its place in ethics by Edwin B Holt ( Book )
36 editions published between 1915 and 2009 in English and held by 807 libraries worldwide
"The problem of good conduct, both in practice and in ethical theory, ought to receive some clarification, one would suppose, from a science that studies the mind and the will in their actual operation. If in the past psychology has not materially contributed to this problem, it is possibly owing to the incompetence of psychology to tell us much that is either true or useful about the essential nature of mind or will, or of the soul. I believe that such has been the case, and that now for the first time, and largely owing to the insight of Dr. Sigmund Freud, a view of the will has been gained which can be of real service to ethics. In presenting this I shall disregard the current comments on Freud, which have become so familiar, for he deserves neither the furious dispraise nor the frantic worship which have been accorded him. He is a man of genius, simply, more sagacious and more perspicacious than his detractors and far more sane than many of his followers. Freud's contribution to science is notable, and in my opinion epoch-making, for a reason which has hardly ever been mentioned. And this reason is that he has given to the science of mind a 'causal category': or, to put it less academically, he has given us a key to the explanation of mind. This key to the mind, which Freud calls the 'wish, ' is the subject of the present volume. And we shall consider more particularly the bearing which this wish-psychology may have on ethics"--Preface. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2005 APA, all rights reserved).

The New realism: coöperative studies in philosophy ( Book )
11 editions published between 1912 and 1970 in English and held by 517 libraries worldwide

The concept of consciousness by Edwin B Holt ( Book )
18 editions published between 1914 and 1982 in English and held by 460 libraries worldwide

The Americans by Hugo Münsterberg ( Book )
7 editions published between 1904 and 1907 in English and held by 383 libraries worldwide

Animal drive and the learning process, an essay toward radical empiricism by Edwin B Holt ( Book )
9 editions published between 1931 and 1976 in English and held by 350 libraries worldwide

The Americans by Hugo Münsterberg ( Book )
15 editions published between 1904 and 1914 in English and held by 283 libraries worldwide

An experimental study of sensation by Edwin Bissell Holt ( Book )
1 edition published in 1903 in English and held by 4 libraries worldwide

Animal drive and the learning process. An essay toward radical empiricism. Vol. I. With a supplementary essay on This material world by Harold Chapman Brown by Edwin B Holt ( Book )
1 edition published in 1931 in English and held by 4 libraries worldwide

New realism : cooperative studies in philosophy by Edwin B Holt ( Book )
2 editions published between 1925 and 1985 in English and held by 3 libraries worldwide

The Americans, by Hugo Münsterberg,... Translated by Edwin B. Holt by Hugo Münsterberg ( Book )
1 edition published in 1904 in English and held by 3 libraries worldwide