Open AccessPrawda i wartości w psychologii
Author(s) -
Jolanta Miluska
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
psychologia rozwojowa
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2084-3879
pISSN - 1895-6297
DOI - 10.4467/20843879pr.21.018.15219
Subject(s) - axiology , epistemology , object (grammar) , value (mathematics) , psychology , psychological research , social psychology , philosophy , computer science , linguistics , machine learning
Truth and Values in PsychologyThe paper refers to three issues: the effective way to reach the truth, the inconclusive and equivocal (interpretative) nature of truth, and the axiological involvement of developmental psychology. The first issue can be resolved by arguing for the need to connect a good theory with a thoughtful research program. The second thesis finds its confirmation in that the critique and reconsideration of what was previously established are the essence of scientific investigations. Finally, the issue of the role played by values in developmental psychology will be analysed on four levels: the first deals with theories and concepts of values; the second with values as the object of psychological investigations; the third points to how values enter the research process itself; and the fourth refers to how concepts and theories in psychology become filled with axiology.