Explanation in psychology

A. V. Jurevich

ScD (psychology), professor, deputy director, Psychological institute of RAS, Moscow

The main types and peculiarities of psychological explanation, its distinctions from natural sciences are reviewed. Scientific and everyday psychological explanations relationship is analyzed. "Trauncatedness" of typical psychological explanation which prevents its ascension to the general laws level is demonstrated. The author comes to the conclusion that reduction of explanations in psychology is useful and that one of its main tasks is to study superpositions (interpenetrations) of causality different levels.

Key words: psychology, methodology, explanation, causality, cause, superposition, reductionism, forced monism.

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Дискуссии. К ПРОБЛЕМЕ СООТНОШЕНИЯ ЗНАЧЕНИИ И СМЫСЛОВ В НАУЧНОЙ ДЕЯТЕЛЬНОСТИ (ОПЫТ НЕРАВНОДУШНОГО ПРОЧТЕНИЯ КНИГИ А. А. ЛЕОНТЬЕВА "ДЕЯТЕЛЬНЫЙ УМ")

Автор: Е. Е. СОКОЛОВА

К ПРОБЛЕМЕ СООТНОШЕНИЯ ЗНАЧЕНИИ И СМЫСЛОВ В НАУЧНОЙ ДЕЯТЕЛЬНОСТИ (ОПЫТ НЕРАВНОДУШНОГО ПРОЧТЕНИЯ КНИГИ А. А. ЛЕОНТЬЕВА "ДЕЯТЕЛЬНЫЙ УМ")¹