A New Look at New Realism: The Psychology and Philosophy of E. B. Holt

This volume brings to the attention of contemporary readers a tradition of psychological thought that has received little attention over the last century. Psychology's history has been unimaginatively presented as a fight between behaviorists and mentalists. A third alternative, the New Realism, which cuts through that dichotomy, has been lost.

"The New Realism" was indeed once new. This volume provides a glimpse of how this school of thought attempted to redefine the notion of mental proce...