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Stefan Szuman – the Unknown Pioneer of Cognitivism. Genesis of the Object Compared to Neisser’s Cycle of Perception

Publication date: 22.11.2023

Developmental Psychology, 2023, Volume 28 Issue 1, pp. 61 - 66

https://doi.org/10.4467/20843879PR.23.007.19302

Authors

Dorota Kubicka
Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Gołębia 24, 31-007 Kraków, Poland
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Stefan Szuman – the Unknown Pioneer of Cognitivism. Genesis of the Object Compared to Neisser’s Cycle of Perception

Abstract

Urlic Neisser (1928–2012) is widely considered to be one of the leading figures of contemporary psychology. This scholar is also thought to have come up with an original idea
concerning the constructive nature of the perception process referred to as Neisser’s cycle of perception (1976, 1978). The thesis has contributed to the development of scientific psychology, but few notice that the idea ascribed to Neisser had been developed much earlier by Stefan Szuman (1889–1972) in his concept known as the genesis of the object (1932). Comparing the two concepts makes one reach the conclusion that they are strikingly similar and that novel ideas originating on the fringes of a given field are not given enough credit.

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Information: Developmental Psychology, 2023, Volume 28 Issue 1, pp. 61 - 66

Article type: Original article

Titles:

Polish:

Stefan Szuman – the Unknown Pioneer of Cognitivism. Genesis of the Object Compared to Neisser’s Cycle of Perception

English:
Stefan Szuman – the Unknown Pioneer of Cognitivism. Genesis of the Object Compared to Neisser’s Cycle of Perception

Authors

Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Gołębia 24, 31-007 Kraków, Poland

Published at: 22.11.2023

Article status: Open

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Dorota Kubicka (Author) - 100%

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