George R. Parkin and the concept of Britannic Idealism

Cook, Terry

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“…As Cook (1975) noted about the beliefs of the turn-of-the-century imperialist, George Parkin, British idealism was the philosophic soil that inspired the growth of British imperialism. It also fostered "nativism" at the university.…”

Section: Toronto "Nativism" and Its Loyalty To British Idealismmentioning

confidence: 99%

Psychology in Canada one hundred years ago: James Mark Baldwin at the University of Toronto.

Hoff¹

1992

Canadian Psychology / Psychologie canadienne

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In 1889, after the death of the revered Professor of Metaphysics at the University of Toronto, George Pax ton Young, a lengthy controversy arose over who would be his replacement. A contingent of alumni wanted the position to go to Young's talented student, James Gibson Hume, but President Daniel Wilson sought the appointment of a graduate of Princeton College, James Mark Baldwin. In the end both men obtained appointments. Baldwin managed to establish a laboratory in which he supervised a small amount ol psycho-physical research beginning in 1891. His own academic interests, however, increasingly shifted to mental development. In 1893 Baldwin resigned primarily because the university failed to provide him with a laboratory instructor. He arranged to have the university hire August Kirschmann who continued the psycho-physical laboratory at Toronto. Also through Baldwin's influence, another successor, Frederick Tracy, became interested in child psychology and taught the subject for many years.Many readers of Canadian Psychology likely do not know that modern academic psychology began in Canada once James Mark Baldwin accepted a professorship at the University of Toronto in the fall of 1889. His predecessor, the Reverend George Paxtuti Young, had been a metaphysician loyal to British idealism. In contrast, Baldwin, who defended the new psychology of Wilhclm Canadian Psychology/Psychologic? raiuulicnne, 33:4

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Section: Toronto "Nativism" and Its Loyalty To British Idealismmentioning

confidence: 99%