The Notion of Psychology as a Science: Its Dilemma and Solutions(PDF)
《南京师大学报》(社会科学版)[ISSN:1006-6977/CN:61-1281/TN]
- Issue:
- 2015年03期
- Page:
- 92-
- Research Field:
- 理论心理学与心理学史研究
- Publishing date:
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- Title:
- The Notion of Psychology as a Science: Its Dilemma and Solutions
- Author(s):
- GAO Shen-chun; SUN Nan
- Keywords:
- psychology; notion of psychology a science; psychology as a natural science; psychology as a phenomenological science
- PACS:
- -
- DOI:
- -
- Abstract:
- It is widely recognized that Wilhelm Wundt’s accidental establishment of a psychological laboratory in Leipzig University marked the birth of modern scientific psychology. However, due to the habitual mindset arising from repeatedly emphasizing the significance of this historical event, its symbolic meaning gradually diminished to disappearance. Consequently, we are led astray on the issue of what psychology is. The only way out is to highlight the notion that psychology is a science and to analyze its historical dilemma so as to find a logical solution. Only on this basis can we transcend our habitual mindset and acquire the insight into what psychology is when we take it as a science.
Last Update: 2015-06-15