Functions of knowledge in psychology |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Biology, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD 57069, USA;2. Neuroscience Group, Division of Basic Biomedical Sciences, Sanford School of Medicine, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD 57069, USA;3. Program in Writing and Rhetoric, Stanford University, 590 Escondido Mall, Stanford, CA 94305, USA;4. Department of Psychiatry, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA;1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, Ulsan 689-798, Republic of Korea;2. Department of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering, Seoul National University of Science and Technology, Seoul139-743, Republic of Korea;3. Combustion Research Facility, Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, CA 94551-0969, USA;4. School of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, Ulsan 689-798, Republic of Korea;1. Politecnico di Milano, CMIC Dept. “Giulio Natta”, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, 20133 Milano, Italy;2. Technische Universitat Berlin, Chair of Process Dynamics and Operation (dbta), Straße des 17. Juni 135, D-10623, Berlin, Germany |
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| Abstract: | It is suggested that psychological knowledge serves three functions according to which subsystems of psychology can be derived: SCIENTIA provides an analytic account of parts of psychological objects or events, and is nourished by an implicit utopia to produce “better” and cumulative knowledge; CULTURA produces psychological meanings for individuals, communities, and cultures, and is nourished by an implicit utopia to improve the human condition; and CRITICA involves the deconstruction, reconstruction, and construction of psychological knowledge, and is nourished by a utopia to change psychological knowledge practices. It is argued, from a historical and theoretical point of view, that the proposed system can be used as a heuristic tool for understanding psychology’s complexity. Consequences for accepting or rejecting an equilibrium among the different knowledge functions are discussed. |
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