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(1990) Recent trends in theoretical psychology, Dordrecht, Springer.
The significance of Bühler's "axiomatic" and Vygotsky's "general psychology" for theoretical psychology and its persistent monism-pluralism-debate
Wolfgang Maiers
pp. 377-388
One of the issues plaguing contemporary theoretical psychology concerns the question whether our discipline should proceed on a pluralistic or monistic epistemic base. Two historical analyses of a crisis in psychology, those of Bühler and Vygotsky, are discussed because they seem to apply as prototypes to this strategic alternative. A comparative review shows that this common suggestion is untenable. Both views, albeit differing in other respects, share the goal of a non-eclectic unification of psychology in non-empiricist terms. The relevance of Vygotsky's "General" and Bühler's "Axiomatic Psychology" to modern attempts at a conceptual and methodological refoundation of psychology is considered.
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4613-9688-8_37
Full citation:
Maiers, W. (1990)., The significance of Bühler's "axiomatic" and Vygotsky's "general psychology" for theoretical psychology and its persistent monism-pluralism-debate, in M. E. Hyland, W. J. Baker, R. Van Hezewijk & S. J. S. Terwee (eds.), Recent trends in theoretical psychology, Dordrecht, Springer, pp. 377-388.