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Khomskaya E. D.
Concerning methodological problems of modern psychology
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Methodological crisis in modern (especially Russian) psychology is discussed. The difficulties are more pronounced in the branches concerned with personality and consciousness problems. Varying methodological approaches - from vulgar materialism to manifest idealism - are demonstrated to exist in different fields: psychotherapy, "christian" psychology, neuro-psychology of personality and consciousness. In is shown that during all methodological crises the main struggle has been centred on psychic determinism; the issue is equally actual nowadays. The autor invites the scientists to argue thier views on the matter.

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