<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">

<p>The article explores psychological motives in Leopold Blaustein’s philosophy. Blaustein was educated in Lvov, Freiburg im Breisgau and Berlin. In his original explorations, he attempted to connect a phenomenological perspective with descriptive psychology. As trained by Twardowski, he took over some motives of understanding the method of philosophy (psychology), its objectives and aims. The author situates Blaustein also in a dialogue with Stumpf and next to the context of Dilthey’s humanistic psychology is examined. Finally, the article explores the influences of Gestalt psychology on Blaustein. The ultimate thesis of the article is that Blaustein’s method can be grasped as a phenomenologically oriented descriptive psychology.</p>
</abstract>

The article explores psychological motives in Leopold Blaustein’s philosophy. Blaustein was educated in Lvov, Freiburg im Breisgau and Berlin. In his original explorations, he attempted to connect a phenomenological perspective with descriptive psychology. As trained by Twardowski, he took over some motives of understanding the method of philosophy (psychology), its objectives and aims. The author situates Blaustein also in a dialogue with Stumpf and next to the context of Dilthey’s humanistic psychology is examined. Finally, the article explores the influences of Gestalt psychology on Blaustein. The ultimate thesis of the article is that Blaustein’s method can be grasped as a phenomenologically oriented descriptive psychology.

Approaching the Variety of Lived Experiences: On the Psychological Motives in Leopold Blaustein’s Method

Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw

Gestalt Theory

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

The article explores psychological motives in Leopold Blaustein’s philosophy. Blaustein was educated in Lvov, Freiburg im Breisgau and Berlin. In his original...

Approaching the Variety of Lived Experiences: On the Psychological Motives in Leopold Blaustein’s Method

Published Online: Aug 17, 2020

Page range: 181 - 194

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/gth-2020-0015

Keywords
Descriptive psychology, phenomenology, gestalt qualities, Blaustein, Twardowski, Lvov-Warsaw School

© 2020 Witold Płotka, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Approaching the Variety of Lived Experiences: On the Psychological Motives in Leopold Blaustein’s Method

Published Online: Aug 17, 2020

Page range: 181 - 194

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/gth-2020-0015

KeywordsDescriptive psychology, phenomenology, gestalt qualities, Blaustein, Twardowski, Lvov-Warsaw School

© 2020 Witold Płotka, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
Descriptive psychology, phenomenology, gestalt qualities, Blaustein, Twardowski, Lvov-Warsaw School