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Title: Catholics in Hungarian psychology: Dienes, Kornis, Schtz

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Catholics in Hungarian psychology Dienes,
Kornis, Schütz

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Different varieties of Catholics in psychology in
early 20th century

Fear of science protection of mentalism, soul
and armchair knowledge
Integration of science and faith A sort of dual
truth. Modernisation without direct overhearing
Theoretical integrations
functionalism and Aristotelian views
soft intentionality thought psychology
practical functionalism educational commitments

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Some specific features of Hungarian
psychologyCulture and politics related

Central organization The Catholic tradition
Discontinuity of tradition.
Révész, Harkai Schiller and Kardos three
foremost experimentalists at the philosophy
faculty in Budapest politically motivated
discontinuity
Informal networks

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Social science related

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Disciplinary

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Three traditions in early Hungarian psychology
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Philosophical-academic-experimental tradition and
the Catholics

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Gyula Kornis (1885-1958) the eternal insider and
official

Critical reactions against all radical social
science after 1920
Kornis a state secretary, senate leader,
president of the Academy
For him experimental psychology is a science
neutral towards issues of faith
1917 a compiled textbook covering all of
experimental psychology, in over 200 pages
Not a word on issues of faith compromise
modernization
Series of books presenting a more Diltheyan
flavor of understanding psychology
All of this at the very stronghold of academic
Catholicism, at Budapest University

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Pál (Harkai) Schiller (1908-1949), Paul von
Schiller

Combination of philosophy and experimental work
at Budapest philosophy faculty
Philosophically an Aristotelian functionalism,
like Ryle and Mercier
The key for the unity of psychology is
intentionality, motivation, and sign gestalts
(Brentano, Bühler, Gestalt school)
Experiments on animal cognition and signing

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A practical functionalist Catholic Valérie
Dienes (1879-1978)

mathematician, philosopher, dance reformer
(orchestrics movement. student of Raymond Duncan
), translator (Bergson, Locke), Catholic
inspirationist
early radical materialist
several crises of faith and commitment, toward
radicals and towards Catholicism
the impact of Bergson

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Her psychological views

importing French educational functionalism the
interest of the child (Binet)
Synthetic work on contemporary psychology (1914)
form Pavlov to Würzburg hidden factors and
function
Her Bergsonian works the importance of internal
movements, and constructive elements in mental
life

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Antal Schütz (1880-1953), Catholic dogma and
modern psychology

Würzburg inspired degree in experimental
psychology
Becomes professor of dogmatics at Budapest
University
illustrates the role of logic in Catholic
psychology and alliance between dogmatism and
hermeneutical criticism over psychology
Dogmatism should lead, rather then dual truth

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His psychological views

act psychology of thought
later logical schools as related to personality
of the investigator
a synthesis of Aristotelian thought and
contemporary psychology of personality,
criticism of evolution and positivism as
infertile and factually untenable
irreducibility of the mind or soul
scientific psychology was to be criticized, and a
solid basis for this criticism to be found in
Catholic dogma

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To summarize

There is no unique Catholic psychology as such
Different political moves within Catholicism find
their place in psychology, too
Alternative personalities and attitudes
Some hidden intellectual features like
Aristotelian functionalism, the interest in
integrative aspects, unity of personality and
science

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