Lot 1279: WATSON, JOHN B.

1279. JOHN B. WATSON Exceedingly rare bound printing, 23pp. 4to., his groundbreaking thesis, first published in The Psychological Review, Vol. XXIV, No. 5, Sept. 1917, and entitled: "An Attempted Formulation of the Scope of Behavior Psychology". It contains an incredible description in his hand (not signed) on the cover, reading: "Introduction to an elementary text. I am trying to wean psychology away from consciousness and show them how we can work and write without using any terms except those of natural science and common sense". It should be noted that the material presented within this article has become the basis for the first chapter in his landmark work Human Psychology, published in 1918. Fine condition. $800 - 1,200