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Crawford, Willis, and Anthropologie Abstracted : Some early English uses of psychology
Author(s) -
Fox Christopher
Publication year - 1988
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(198810)24:4<378::aid-jhbs2300240404>3.0.co;2-3
Subject(s) - word (group theory) , linguistics , psychology , history , philosophy
This study notes some early English uses of the word psychology, several of which predate the 1693 occurrence given in The Oxford English Dictionary . The study also raises a question about the contribution of such searches when they fail to consider historical contexts.