Extinction and Resurgence of Scientific History: An Interbehavioral Analysis

J. R. Kantor's historical analysis of scientific psychology is an example of a "naturalistic" or interbehavioral application in another discipline. He shows that (naturalistic) scientific psychology progresses through an early Hellenic period as pure naturalism, is extinguished with the influence of Christianity, & then reemerges following the Renaissance. A parallel development occurs in the case of "scientific history." It is proposed that scientific history also begins as a naturalistic enterprise, undergoes extinction, & following its resurgence restores an objective approach to the practice of historiography. The congruence between the scientific careers of psychology & history serve as powerful verification of Kantor's theory of the cultural matrix. 2 Figures, 31 References. HA.