Dr. David Leary
University Professor
320 Ryland Hall
Office: (804) 289-8302
Fax: (804) 289-8313
http://facultystaff.richmond.edu/~dleary/
Teaching:
Core: Exploring Human Experience
Psychology in American Society and Culture
Religion and Psychology
Selfhood
Research:
History and philosophy of psychology
The social, cultural, and conceptual context and impact of psychology
The relations between psychology and other disciplines
Education:
Ph.D., University of Chicago
Selected Publications:
Books
A Century of Psychology as Science (2d rev. ed., co-edited with Sigmund Koch). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association, 1992. (Association of American Publisher’s “most outstanding scholarly and professional book in the social and behavioral sciences” in 1985; reissued in 1992 as a centennial publication of the American Psychological Association.)
Metaphors in the History of Psychology (edited volume). New York: Cambridge University Press, 1990).
Chapters and Articles
“Instead of Erklären and Verstehen: William James on Human Understanding.” In Uljana Feest (Ed.), Historical Perspectives on Erklären and Verstehen (pp. 101-122). Berlin: Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, 2007.
“G. Stanley Hall, A Man of Many Words: The Role of Reading, Speaking, and Writing in His Psychological Work.” History of Psychology 9 (2006): 198-223. (Named “the best article in the history of psychology in 2006” by the Society for the History of Psychology.)
“On the Conceptual and Linguistic Activity of Psychologists: The Study of Behavior from the 1890s to the 1990s and Beyond.” Behavior and Philosophy 32 (2004): 13-35.
“A Profound and Radical Change: How William James Inspired a Reshaping of American Psychology.” In Robert J. Sternberg (Ed.), The Anatomy of Impact: What Makes the Great Works of Psychology Great? (pp. 19-42). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association, 2003.
“One Big Idea, One Ultimate Concern: Sigmund Koch’s Critique of Psychology and Hope for the Future.” American Psychologist 56 (2001): 425-432.
“Naming and Knowing: Giving Forms to Things Unknown.” Social Research 62 (1995): 267-298.
“William James, the Psychologist’s Dilemma, and the Historiography of Psychology: Cautionary Tales.” History of the Human Sciences 8 (1995): 91-105.
“The Cult of Empiricism in Psychology, and Beyond” (co-authored by Stephen Toulmin). In Sigmund Koch and David E. Leary (Eds.), A Century of Psychology as Science (pp. 594-617). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association, 1992.
“William James and the Art of Human Understanding.” American Psychologist 47 (1992): 152-160. (Reprinted in anthologies in 1997, 2002, & 2007.)
“Communication, Persuasion, and the Establishment of Academic Disciplines: The Case of American Psychology.” In Richard H. Brown (Ed.), Writing the Social Text: Poetics and Politics in Social Science Discourse (pp. 73-90). New York: Aldine deGruyter, 1992.