Teo, Thomas2019-07-022019-07-022019-02-142019-07-02http://hdl.handle.net/10315/36261Abstract This study is an examination of Wilhelm Diltheys conceptualization of mental life. An introduction recounting Diltheys intellectual background is provided, including a detailed literature review of texts that elaborate his ideas. A description of Diltheys analysis of the elemental constituents of consciousness is presented. Diltheys assessment of self-consciousness is examined, and his psychological epistemology is explained. A discussion of Diltheys analysis of logic and psychological processes is given. The study explicates Diltheys position on the relation between aspects and dynamics within the psyche. A justification of Diltheys distinction between mental and physical objects of psychological investigation is provided. Consciousness is shown to constitute a phenomenal unity. Examples of the relevance of Diltheys ideas for contemporary psychological theory and practice are presented. Findings are recounted providing a detailed picture of main conclusions drawn from the study.enAuthor owns copyright, except where explicitly noted. Please contact the author directly with licensing requests.PsychologyElectronic Thesis or Dissertation2019-07-02Wilhelm DiltheyImmanuel KantGeorg Wilhelm Friedrich HegelEdmund HusserlHans Georg GadamerFranz Brentanoconsciousnessself consciousnessunity of consciousnessexperienceinterpretationnineteenth centurypositivismidealismdescriptive psychologyphilosophical psychologyGerman psychologyexplanatory psychologycritique of experimental psychologypsychological epistemologypsychic nexushermeneuticsphenomenologymindreductionismunconscious processesfaculty psychologypsychology of logicsensation and perceptionepistemologyontologysciencehistoryculturepsychoanalysisclinical psychology