This article has been published in Theory & Psychology, 2017, volume 27, issue 1, pages 87-107 (DOI: 10.1177/0959354316656062) Note: this version represents a pre-print version. It differs from the published version in formatting, pagination, and small grammatical corrections. This material is intended for purposes of education, research, scholarly communication, or critical commentary, all in conformity with “fair use” and the established practice of authors’ providing single preprints and offprints for noncommercial use. Any other use is unauthorized and may violate copyright. TOWARD A PHILOSOPHICAL HISTORY OF PSYCHOLOGY: AN ALTERNATIVE PATH FOR THE FUTURE Saulo de Freitas Araujo Federal University of Juiz de Fora saulo.araujo@ufjf.edu.br ABSTRACT Recent transformations in the history and philosophy of science have led historians of psychology to raise questions about the future development of their historiography. Although there is a dominant tendency among them to view their discipline as related to the social turn in the history of science, there is no consensus over how to approach methodologically the history of psychology. The aim of this paper is to address the issue of the future of the historiography of psychology, by proposing an alternative, yet complementary path for the field, which I call a philosophical history of psychology. In order to achieve this goal, I will first present and discuss the emergence of the social turn in the history of psychology, showing some of its problems. Then I will introduce the contemporary debate about the integration of the history of science and the philosophy of science as an alternative model for the history of psychology. Finally, I will propose general guidelines for a philosophical history of psychology, discussing some of its potentials and limitations. Keywords: history of psychology; history of science; philosophy of science.