Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy Alan Kim has published an article titled "Recollecting the Soul: Paul Natorp's Construction of a Platonic 'Psychology'" in the Dec. 2007 issue of the Internationale Zeitschrift für Philosophie. Natorp was a philosopher of the Marburg School of Neo-Kantianism that dominated the German philosophical scene at the turn of the last century, but which has only recently enjoyed a revival of interest.
Natorp's work combined a wide variety of interests - in the philosophy of science, psychology, Greek philosophy, logic and philosophical pedagogy - all in the service of the Marburg project of an overarching philosophy of culture. Kim's paper explores Natorp's "critical psychology" and its roots in Plato's theory of knowledge. "Recollecting the Soul" is part of a larger project investigating philosophical critiques of psychology in 19th century Germany when psychology was struggling to become an independent scientific discipline.
Natorp's work combined a wide variety of interests - in the philosophy of science, psychology, Greek philosophy, logic and philosophical pedagogy - all in the service of the Marburg project of an overarching philosophy of culture. Kim's paper explores Natorp's "critical psychology" and its roots in Plato's theory of knowledge. "Recollecting the Soul" is part of a larger project investigating philosophical critiques of psychology in 19th century Germany when psychology was struggling to become an independent scientific discipline.
