MEANINGS, IMPLICATIONS AND UNIVERSALS: TOWARDS A PSYCHOLOGY OF MAN

S medslund , J. Meanings, implications and universals: towards a psychology of man. Scand. J. Psychof ., 1969, 10 , 1–15.-S-R psychology ignores the nonlawful regions between stimulus and meaning, and between intention and response. Psychology is defined: the science of phenomena as they exist for the individual person. The data in psychology: the public meanings of a person's acts, i.e. the meanings shared by all members of the person's community. Mental processes are related by implication rather than causation. Logic is a precondition for efficient mental functioning. Concepts with purely logical connotations (universals) are necessary for all higher mental functioning. No general psychological theory can perhaps exist, only development of already existing a priori conceptual schemata (common sense) and of diagnostic techniques.