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MEANINGS, IMPLICATIONS AND UNIVERSALS: TOWARDS A PSYCHOLOGY OF MAN
Author(s) -
Smedslund Jan
Publication year - 1969
Publication title -
scandinavian journal of psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.743
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1467-9450
pISSN - 0036-5564
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9450.1969.tb00001.x
Subject(s) - problem of universals , psychology , causation , precondition , epistemology , meaning (existential) , social psychology , theoretical psychology , cognitive psychology , psychotherapist , philosophy , computer science , programming language
S medslund , J. Meanings, implications and universals: towards a psychology of man. Scand. J. Psychof ., 1969, 10 , 1–15.‐S‐R psychology ignores the nonlawful regions between stimulus and meaning, and between intention and response. Psychology is defined: the science of phenomena as they exist for the individual person. The data in psychology: the public meanings of a person's acts, i.e. the meanings shared by all members of the person's community. Mental processes are related by implication rather than causation. Logic is a precondition for efficient mental functioning. Concepts with purely logical connotations (universals) are necessary for all higher mental functioning. No general psychological theory can perhaps exist, only development of already existing a priori conceptual schemata (common sense) and of diagnostic techniques.