Review article
https://doi.org/10.52685/pihfb.51.2(102).3
Albert Bazala on the Philosophy and Psychology of Wilhelm Wundt
Bernard Hostić
orcid.org/0000-0003-0541-2912
; Institute of Philosophy, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
This paper explores the understanding of Wilhelm Wundt’s (1832–1920) philosophy and psychology in the thought of Croatian philosopher Albert Bazala (1877–1947), who spent part of his postdoctoral training at Wundt’s laboratory of experimental psychology in Leipzig. Following an “Introduction” that provides a brief overview of Bazala’s biography, the central section of the article presents his interpretation of Wundt’s philosophy and psychology. In the concluding remarks, it is argued that, in Wundt’s view, philosophy unifies all other sciences, thereby fulfilling both the metaphysical and rational human drives to comprehend reality in its entirety. Bazala emphasizes Wundt’s acknowledgement of psychology’s significant role within the system of particular sciences, granting it a special position, given that the subject of knowledge is simultaneously its object.
Keywords
Albert Bazala; experimental psychology; Croatian philosophy; voluntarism; Wilhelm Wundt
Hrčak ID:
340878
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Publication date:
15.12.2025.
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