Note 8 — Chapter II · MAIN CURRENTS

By Charcot (1825-1893), Leçons sur les Maladies du Système nerveux faites à la Salpêtrière and Localisation dans les Maladies du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière, 1880. By Ribot (1839-1916), Hérédité, Etude psychologique, 1873, Eng. trans., 1875; Les Maladies de la Mémoire, Essai dans la Psychologie positive, 1881, Eng. trans., 1882; Maladies de la Volonté, 1883, Eng. trans., 1884; Maladies de la Personnalité, 1885, Eng. trans., 1895. Ribot expressed regret at the way in which abnormal psychology has been neglected in England. See his critique of Bain in his Psychologie anglaise contemporaine. In 1870 Ribot declared the independence of psychology as a study, separate from philosophy. Ribot had very wide interests beyond pure psychology, a fact which is stressed by his commencing in 1876 the periodical La Revue philosophique de la France et de l’Etranger. By Binet (1857-191!), Magnétisme animal, 1886; Les Altérations de la personnalité, 1892; L’Introduction à la Psychologie expérimentale, 1894. He founded the review L’Année psychologique in 1895. By Janet (Pierre), born 1859 now Professeur at the Collège de France, L’Automatisme psychologique, 1889; Etat mental des Hystériques, 1894; and Neuroses et Idées-fixes, 1898. He founded the Journal de Psychologie. By Paulhan, Phénomenes affectifs and L’Activité mentale. To the fame of the Paris School of Psychology must now be added that of the Nancy School embracing the work of Coué.