Psyc 210

Activity Two

This week we you should focus on the following study question and be sure to post your thoughts on a good answer for it:

1. Outline the major differences between the insider and outsider perspectives on history. In doing so, also provide a discussion of how these perspectives arise from the Naturwissenschaften (Natural sciences) and the Geisteswissenschaften (Human sciences) worldviews by using examples of the practices of early modern psychologists.

Key Concepts: Dialectics, Positivism, Contextualism, Realism, Explanation, Hermeneutics, Erlibnis, Verstehen, Dasein, "Ready-to-hand", Experimenta fruictifera, Historical-Hermeneutical Sciences, Theory of Forms, Allegory of the Cave.

Make a post on the discussion board showing the points you have as an answer.