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Summa psychologiae: A special review
Author(s) -
Brožek Josef,
Watson Robert I.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
journal of the history of the behavioral sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.216
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1520-6696
pISSN - 0022-5061
DOI - 10.1002/1520-6696(197801)14:1<74::aid-jhbs2300140111>3.0.co;2-0
Subject(s) - sine qua non , relevance (law) , section (typography) , bibliography , correctness , identification (biology) , selection (genetic algorithm) , epistemology , library science , psychology , computer science , linguistics , philosophy , political science , law , artificial intelligence , algorithm , botany , biology , operating system
In the first section of the review, the general features of this large reference work are described as well as the manner in which “eminence” has been defined. The principles of the selection of the references for the two volumes are noted and the potential uses of the bibliography are discussed. The second section is devoted to a critique of some stylistic matters (diacritical signs, symbols, and abbreviations) and of certain practices (choice of the edition of books, treatment of the secondary references published in several journals, translations) regarded as open to debate. The review closes with considerations of problems of professional identification of the eminent contributors, and the correctness and relevance of some of the entries. The bibliography is regarded by the reviewer as a sine qua non reference work indispensable to students, teachers, and scholars in or out of psychology.