THE TENSIONS OF DARWIN THE MAN AND SCIENTIST IN THE EYE OF PSYCHOLOGISTS

• Authors: Pléh Csaba

Title variants

HU

Darwin, az ember és tudós feszültségei a pszichológusok szemével

• Languages of publication: HU

Abstracts

EN

The paper first sketches a psychological reconstruction of the logic of Darwin’s discovery. Characteristic mental analogies can be revealed in the structure of the theory with the emphasis on small changes and constant change replacing catastrophes. Another important aspect is the motivating forces in the personality of Darwin and their relationship to his personal fate. From a perspective of present day psychology, Darwin was an extreme systematizer. One could place him along the much debated autism continuum exactly due to his taxonomic passion. At the same time, the emphasis on constant change connects the taxonomy with dynamicity. The paper also touches upon the rival theories of Darwin’s illness. It concentrates on the theory of Bowlby emphasizing the role of attachment dramas in intellectual achievements of the 19th century.

Keywords

EN

Darwin; Gruber, H. E.; Bowlby, John; scientific creativity; taxonomic thinking; attachment theory

Discipline

• PSYCHOLOGY: PSYCHOLOGY

• Publisher: Hungarian Association for Psychology
• Journal: Magyar Pszichologiai Szemle (Hungarian Psychological Review)
• Year: 2010
• Volume: 65
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 37-47
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Pléh Csaba