What is the connection between Philosophy and Psychology?

Question

Are they interconnected or are they two seperate entities preceding on a parallel course?

Answer 1

Philosophy is the love of wisdom. Read Plato and Aristotle and you will see the roots of psychology in philosophy. Psychology seperated from philosophy in the 19th century.

Answer 2

The field of psychology was derived from philosophy. The early philsopher's beliefs often included a holism- mind/body/spirit combined. Early philosphers thus described the totality of an individual and meaninfulness in life, including how and why we think the way we do. Their beliefs trickled down in the later years of early education and universities - which is when psychology separated from philosophy as its own entity - this mainly became a distinct field in the early years of higher education - universities. From the days of Aristotles and Plato to current popular psychologists there have always existed arguements about mind-body connections versus the mind being separate from the body and soul. We cycle back and forth with the same questions and no real consensus when it comes to the question of mind/body/soul integrated versus separate functioning entities.

Answer 3

As far as I see it, philosophy and psychology, like many other fields of study, are intertwined closely. Both have to carry certain suppositions; psychology assuming we are endowed with a certain nature and behave in certain manners accordingly, and philosophy assumes that we portray peculiar behaviors that are often unknown and inexplicable to philosophical discourse (such as mental illness). Very often, each discipline makes assertions that affect necessarily the other.

In contemporary society the two are probably a little more separated due to advances in biological findings and increased understandings of the minds inner workings. There still remains a strong interdependence though, and any course in psychology will deal with philosophy, and vise versa. The difference would have to remain in the end goal that each discipline seeks.

Answer 4

Unity.

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Answer 5

They both ask more questions than they answer.

Answer 6

there is none