The Identity of Theoretical Psychology

Abstract

The purpose of this programmatic paper is to contribute to the identity of theoretical psychology. Rejecting the accepted distinction between philosophy and the special sciences, it is proposed that philosophy is the most general form of theorizing and, hence, philosophy should be the endpoint of scientific progress in any domain of knowledge including pyschology. The implication for the identity of theoretical psychology is that theoreticians of psychology ought to be philosophically educated psychologists-specializing in issues pertaining to the foundations of psychology.