American psychologist and personality theorist who argued for a rigorous humanistic science of psychology that retained the teleological agency of human behavior against behaviorist reductionism.
Developed Logical Learning Theory as a framework for integrating meaning, intention, and final causation back into scientific psychology — opposing the exclusive use of material and efficient cause explanations in behaviorism.
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