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This book reconstructs the rise and fall of Wilhelm Wundt�s fortunes, focusing for the first time on the role of Richard Avenarius as catalyst for the so-called �positivist repudiation of Wundt.� Krauss specifically looks at the progressive disavowal of Wundtian ideas in the world of scientific psychology, and especially by his former pupils. This book provides important historical context and a critical discussion of the current state of research, in addition to a detailed consideration of Wundt�s and Avenarius� systems of thought, as well as on their personal relationship. The author outlines the reception of Avenarius� conceptions among Wundt�s pupils, such as K�lpe, M�nsterberg and Titchener, and among other psychologists of the time, such as Ward, James and Ebbinghaus. Finally, this book presents Wundt�s two-fold attempt to respond to the new trend through a criticism of the �materialistic� psychology, and a reformulation of his own ideas.Typham this is the title: Wundt, Avenarius, and Scientific Psychology A Debate at the Turn of the Twentieth Century