System of philosophy Wundt claimed that philosophy as a general science has the task of "uniting to become a consistent system through the general knowledge acquired via the individual sciences." Human rationality strives for a uniform, i.e. non-contradictory, explanatory principle for being and consciousness, for an ultimate reasoning for ethics, and for a philosophical world basis. "Metaphysics is the same attempt to gain a binding world view, as a component of individual knowledge, on the basis of the entire scientific awareness of an age or particularly prominent content."Wundt: System der Philosophie, 1919, Volume 1, p. 17. Wundt was convinced that empirical psychology also contributed fundamental knowledge on the understanding of humans – for anthropology and ethics – beyond its narrow scientific field. Starting from the active and creative-synthetic apperception processes of consciousness, Wundt considered that the unifying function was to be found in volitional processes and the conscious setting of objectives and subsequent activities. "There is simply nothing more to a man that he can entirely call his own – except for his will."Wundt: System der Philosophie, 1897, p. 377. One can detect a "voluntaristic tendency" in Wundt's theory of motivation, in contrast to the currently widespread cognitivism (intellectualism). Wundt extrapolated this empirically founded volitional psychology to a metaphysical voluntarism. He demands, however, that the empirical-psychological and derived metaphysical voluntarism are kept apart from one another and firmly maintained that his empirical psychology was created independently of the various teachings of metaphysics.Wundt: System der Philosophie, 1919, Volume 1, p. IX f.
System of philosophy Wundt claimed that philosophy as a general science has the task of "uniting to become a consistent system through the general knowledge acquired via the individual sciences" Human rationality strives for a uniform ie non-contradictory explanatory principle for being and consciousness for an ultimate reasoning for ethics and for a philosophical world basis "Metaphysics is the same attempt to gain a binding world view as a component of individual knowledge on the basis of the entire scientific awareness of an age or particularly prominent content"Wundt System der Philosophie 1919 Volume 1 p 17 Wundt was convinced that empirical psychology also contributed fundamental knowledge on the understanding of humans – for anthropology and ethics – beyond its narrow scientific field Starting from the active and creative-synthetic apperception processes of consciousness Wundt considered that the unifying function was to be found in volitional processes and the conscious setting of objectives and subsequent activities "There is simply nothing more to a man that he can entirely call his own – except for his will"Wundt System der Philosophie 1897 p 377 One can detect a "voluntaristic tendency" in Wundt's theory of motivation in contrast to the currently widespread cognitivism (intellectualism) Wundt extrapolated this empirically founded volitional psychology to a metaphysical voluntarism He demands however that the empirical-psychological and derived metaphysical voluntarism are kept apart from one another and firmly maintained that his empirical psychology was created independently of the various teachings of metaphysicsWundt System der Philosophie 1919 Volume 1 p IX f