%0 Journal Article
%T A POINT OF VIEW ON PSYCHOLOGY AS A SCIENCE
%A AUGUSTO P¨¦REZ G¨®MEZ
%J Universitas Psychologica
%D 2004
%I Pontificia Universidad Javeriana
%X This paper begins with two questions: Is Psychology a profession? Is Psychology a science? The answerto the first one is that it should not be a profession; to the second, that we are still far from becoming ascience. On the basis of 19 statements, a series of queries and doubts on the scientific status of contemporaryPsychology are suggested. It is proposed that Psychology must necessarily consider neurosciencesand ethology as sources of knowledge; that philosophical reflection allowing conceptual definitionsmust be a priority; that the abusive glorification of experimental method has to come to an end becausethe tool cannot solve the conceptual difficulties; that the traditional emphasis on the factual dimension ofresearch and the minute attention to the theoretical and conceptual dimensions are detrimental to Psychology;and that it is urgent to create new research methods allowing access to the most refined forms ofhuman behavior, such as art.
%K Psychology
%K Science
%K Philosophy
%K Descartes vs. Spinoza
%U http://sparta.javeriana.edu.co/psicologia/publicaciones/descarga.php?id=96