Excerpt from Some Prolegomena to Social Psychology a Dissertation Submitted to the Faculties of the Graduate, Schools of Arts, Literature and Science in Candidacy, for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy, (Department of Sociology) The method of this thesis is confessedly philosophical. As the title indicates, it has been an attempt to examine by philo' sophical analysis and criticism the necessary presuppositions, categories, and principles of a social psychology, and thereby to determine the nature, task, method, and form of such a science. Throughout the discussion, however, the facts dealt with have been carefully borne in mind, and it is hoped that evidences of a positivistic spirit will not be found lacking. The value of this attempt must be determined by the reader, but the' writer hopes that, by rendering certain concepts clearer, he has made the field of social psychology less diflicult to work in. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.