The Southern Society in Retrospect: An Abbreviated History of the First Sixty Years of the Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology, 1904–1964

Abstract

A short history is presented of the oldest of the regional psychological societies in the United States. The Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology was founded in 1904 and is celebrating its diamond-jubilee year during 1964. “The Southern Society is the symbol of a conviction, grounded in the history of inquiry, that special and vital relations exist between philosophic reflection and psychological science.” The Society devotes its principal energies “to providing a platform and a congenial convention atmosphere for the academic-experimental-theoretical aspects” of psychology and philosophy.