Dictionary of Biological Psychology

Even the layout of Reference Reviews itself reflects the anomalous position of psychology. As an earnest follower of William James, Melvil Dewey regarded psychology as a subdivision of philosophy. Librarians and journal editors who follow Dewey have been having to cope with the 150s ever since. In many ways psychology can be regarded much more effectively as a specialised extension of the life sciences, or, at least, as a bridge between the human sciences and biology. It is perhaps of interest to note of the last two professors of psychology at my own institution ‐ the two highest cited English...