On the Methodological Culture of Psychologists (From Monism to Pluralism)

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Abstract

The article addresses the current state of scientific methodology in relation to psychology. It is argued that methodology has developed to such an extent that a need has arisen for a special methodology for choosing and applying methodology in particular sciences. Special attention is drawn to the role of art as a kind of methodology: art nourishes intuition, whereas methodology nourishes discourse. The article also presents propedeutics of methodological culture and critically assesses — or rather problematises — a set of methodological principles typical of modern psychology. Finally, the problem of the compatibility/incompatibility of polarities that have existed in psychology for centuries and provoked a lot of arguments is discussed as well.

General Information

Keywords: methodology, theory, experiment, art, determinism, uncertainty, systemness, khaoidnost, development, reflection, origination, comprehension, intuition

Journal rubric: Discussions and Discourses

Article type: scientific article

For citation: Zinchenko V.P. On the Methodological Culture of Psychologists (From Monism to Pluralism). Kul'turno-istoricheskaya psikhologiya = Cultural-Historical Psychology, 2012. Vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 59–68. (In Russ., аbstr. in Engl.)

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Information About the Authors

Vladimir P. Zinchenko, Doctor of Psychology, Russian Academy of Sciences (PI RAS), Moscow, Russia

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