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Editorial
. 2020 Sep;54(3):515-520.
doi: 10.1007/s12124-020-09564-x.

From Clay Feet to New Psychology: Starting the Move

Jaan Valsiner  1
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Editorial

From Clay Feet to New Psychology: Starting the Move

Jaan Valsiner. Integr Psychol Behav Sci. 2020 Sep.

Abstract

This Special Issue sets the stage for constructive integration of psychology with relevant phenomena it needs to study, and with its interdisciplinary collaboration possibilities. Based on a regular submission of an analysis of the conceptual network of psychology (Zagaria et al. 2020) an international constructive discussion ensued, with charting out three potential future pathways to psychology as science: (1) theoretical elaboration of the person-centered and idiographic approaches and move from "evidence-based" to experience-based research; (2) advancement of general developmental science perspective beyond the traditions of evolutionary psychology along the lines of the genetic logic of James Mark Baldwin, and (3) building interdisciplinary synthesis between psychology and semiotics in the domain of cultural psychology. The progress in contemporary biology (epigenetics) and qualitative mathematics can provide the epistemological support for this move.

Keywords: Concepts; Crisis; Development; Epistemology; Evolution; Experience-based research; Genetic logic; Person-centered focus; Semiotics.

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  • Psychology: a Giant with Feet of Clay.
    Zagaria A, Ando' A, Zennaro A. Zagaria A, et al. Integr Psychol Behav Sci. 2020 Sep;54(3):521-562. doi: 10.1007/s12124-020-09524-5. Integr Psychol Behav Sci. 2020. PMID: 32297037

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