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    Maslow Abraham Harold.

    The far reaches of the human psyche

    / Transl. from English A. M. Tatly-

    Abraham Harold Maslow

    Abraham Harold Maslow

    HUMAN

    Saint Petersburg

    For assistance in the publication of this book

    publishing house<Евразия>thanks

    Kiprushkina

    Vadim Albertovich

    Maslow Abraham Harold.

    Far limits of the human psyche / Transl. from English A. M. Tatly-

    battle Teach, ed., entry. article and comment. N. N. Akulina. -SPb.: Eurasia,

    ISBN 5-8071-0018-2

    This book is the second, revised edition of the final

    th labor A.G. Maslow, dedicated to his theory of self-actualization. IN

    The basis of this theory is the difference between lower (imperfect) and

    higher (growing) needs.

    The book is addressed to a wide range of readers interested in history

    and the theory of psychology, human sciences.

    ISBN 5-8071-0018-2

    c Tatlybaeva A. M., translation from English, 1997

    c Losev P. P., design, 1999

    c Publisher<Евразия>, 1999

    On the path to humanization of man

    Part I. HEALTH AND PATHOLOGY

    1.0 humanistic biology

    2. Neuroses as a mistake in personal development

    3. About self-actualization and what comes out

    beyond its borders

    Part P. CREATIVITY

    4. Creativity and readiness for it

    5. A Holistic Approach to Creativity

    6. Emotional barriers to creativity

    7. Need for creative people

    Part III. VALUES

    8. Merger of reality and value

    9. Notes on the psychology of Being

    10. Symposium documents on the problem

    human values

    Part IV. EDUCATION

    11. Knower and knowable

    12. Learning and Higher Experiences

    13. The purpose and significance of humanistic education

    Part V. SOCIETY

    14. Synergism in society and in humans 211

    15. Questions for a normative social psychologist 224

    16. Synanon and Eupsyche 238

    17. About eupsychic control 249

    18.0 lower complaints, higher complaints and meta-complaints 251

    Part VI. HIGHEST REALIZATION

    19. Notes on naive cognition 263

    20. Further notes on cognition 271

    Part VII. TRANSCENDENCE AND

    PSYCHOLOGY OF EXISTENCE

    21. Different meanings of transcendence 281

    22. Theory Zet 292

    Part VIII. METAMOTIVATION

    23. Metamotivation theory: biological roots

    highest values ​​313

    APPLICATIONS

    Appendix A: Comments on the work

    Values, and Peak-Experiences> 357

    Appendix B: Some analogies between

    sexually dominant behavior of inferiors

    primates and patients' fantasies

    in psychotherapy (A. G. Maslow,

    X. Rand, S. Newman) 365

    Appendix C: Adolescence and Youth

    delinquency in two different cultures

    (A. G. Maslow, R. Diaz-Guero) 383

    Appendix D: Criteria for Attribution of Needs

    into the category of instinct-like 393

    Appendix E: Abraham G. Maslow:

    Bibliography 405

    Notes 416

    Bibliography 424

    humanization

    person

    Abraham Harold Maslow was born in 1908 in New York, USA. Annual

    graduate course at the City College of New York and Cornell

    University stimulated Maslow's interest in psychology. In 1928 he

    transferred to the University of Wisconsin, where he specialized in

    psychology. The teachers who most influenced Maslow were

    Behaviorists: Clark Hull, Norman Cameron, William Sheldon and Harry

    Harlow. His dissertation research on dominantT and

    sexuality in primates was done under the direction of Harlow.

    After working for two years as an assistant to Thorndike at Columbia

    Maslow took a teaching position at Brooklyn College and

    left him only in 1951.

    During his years at Columbia and Brooklyn Colleges, Maslow

    communicated with a large number of scientists, mainly associated with

    Columbia University and the New School for Social Research. He

    met Fromm, Koffka, Wertheimer, Horney, Sullivan,

    Benedict, Horkheimer, Kardiner, Adler, Goldstein, Ansh-

    bacher and came under the influence of their ideas.

    At the end of the 30s. Maslow conducted anthropological research in

    Indian reservation and wrote a section on cross-cultural psychology in the book

    Ross Stagner<Психология личности>. In the mid-40s. Maslow

    contacted Alfred Kinsey, a famous sexologist who

    conducted medical research in Wisconsin and planned to study

    Women's sexual behavior at Brooklyn College. But potential

    the collaboration between the two scientists was frustrated. However, Maslow's open

    the research method was used by Kinsey later.

    Maslow's most important contributions to psychological thought were made by his two

    On the paths of humanizing a person

    tions> and<Теория человеческой мотивации>. This topic was discussed in detail

    developed in the book<Мотивация и личность> (1954).

    “And a hunter was walking past the house and heard terrible, terrible sounds...

    Antonina's eyes sparkled from under the blanket.

    - And he looked into the house and saw a wolf.

    - Scared?

    - He was a brave hunter. He shot the wolf and ripped open its stomach, and Little Red Riding Hood jumped out of the stomach, safe and sound... - Irochka closed the book. - And they began to live and live with the hunter and make good money. Go to sleep.

    - Do you have a red hat? – Antonina put her thumb in her mouth. - Uncle Nikita is a hunter?

    - Another one.

    -Where is the wolf?

    - There is no wolf. Not anymore.

    The portraits will have to be removed, and this stupid rope will finally have to be thrown out. Enough of the fairy tales, it's time to live.

    Notes

    1

    An abridged version of the report of the French notary Roche-Etienne Marin on the autopsy of the Beast of Gevaudan.

    2

    In particular, in the War of the Austrian Succession and the Seven Years' War.

    3

    White Camisards are young Catholic nobles.

    4

    The Black Camisards are Huguenots.

    5

    Flagellation is an educational measure used as a method of mortification, widespread among some orders.

    6

    Scandinavian legend about the wolf Fenrir.

    7

    The count's connections are evidenced by the following fact: on February 11, 1773, he was imprisoned in the Conciergerie prison for debt. Litigation in Parliament followed, which resulted in a significant reduction in the amount of debt (to 25,000 pounds instead of the million claimed by creditors). The count was acquitted and released, and the unjust creditors went to jail.

    8

    In 1774, de Morangia left France, settling in Metz, where he married a woman who was already married. He returns to Paris with his illegitimate wife, is imprisoned again and released again, eventually settling in the Chateau Saint-Alban, the only thing left of the huge estate.

    9

    The de Moranges family ended in 1888 with the death of the last representative of the family, Christophe-Theodore. However, St. Alban Castle was sold back in 1821.

    10

    On August 16, 1773, Pope Clement XIV signed the bull "Dominus ac Redemptor noster", which became a death sentence not only for the order, but also for the pope himself - on September 22, 1774, after a long agony, he dies, presumably having been poisoned by "aqueta". The body decomposed so quickly that, against all customs, it was buried without embalming and bypassing many rituals.

    11

    On August 7, 1814, Pope Pius VII issues the bull Sollicitudo omnium ecclesiarum, restoring the Society of Jesus with all its former rights.

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    Maslow Abraham Harold.

    The far reaches of the human psyche

    / Transl. from English A. M. Tatly-

    Abraham Harold Maslow

    Abraham Harold Maslow

    HUMAN

    Saint Petersburg

    For assistance in the publication of this book

    the publishing house thanks

    Kiprushkina

    Vadim Albertovich

    Maslow Abraham Harold.

    Far limits of the human psyche / Transl. from English A. M. Tatly-

    battle Teach, ed., entry. article and comment. N. N. Akulina. -SPb.: Eurasia,

    ISBN 5-8071-0018-2

    This book is the second, revised edition of the final

    th labor A.G. Maslow, dedicated to his theory of self-actualization. IN

    The basis of this theory is the difference between lower (imperfect) and

    higher (growing) needs.

    The book is addressed to a wide range of readers interested in history

    and the theory of psychology, human sciences.

    ISBN 5-8071-0018-2

    c Tatlybaeva A. M., translation from English, 1997

    c Losev P. P., design, 1999

    c Publishing house, 1999

    Part I. HEALTH AND PATHOLOGY

    1.0 humanistic biology

    2. Neuroses as a mistake in personal development

    3. About self-actualization and what comes out

    beyond its borders

    Part P. CREATIVITY

    4. Creativity and readiness for it

    5. A Holistic Approach to Creativity

    6. Emotional barriers to creativity

    7. Need for creative people

    Part III. VALUES

    8. Merger of reality and value

    9. Notes on the psychology of Being

    10. Symposium documents on the problem

    human values

    Part IV. EDUCATION

    11. Knower and knowable

    12. Learning and Higher Experiences

    13. The purpose and significance of humanistic education

    Part V. SOCIETY

    14. Synergism in society and in humans 211

    15. Questions for a normative social psychologist 224

    16. Synanon and Eupsyche 238

    17. About eupsychic control 249

    18.0 lower complaints, higher complaints and meta-complaints 251

    Part VI. HIGHEST REALIZATION

    19. Notes on naive cognition 263

    20. Further notes on cognition 271

    Part VII. TRANSCENDENCE AND

    PSYCHOLOGY OF EXISTENCE

    21. Different meanings of transcendence 281

    22. Theory Zet 292

    Part VIII. METAMOTIVATION

    23. Metamotivation theory: biological roots

    highest values ​​313

    APPLICATIONS

    Appendix A: Comments on the work

    Values, and Peak-Experiences> 357

    Appendix B: Some analogies between

    sexually dominant behavior of inferiors

    primates and patients' fantasies

    in psychotherapy (A. G. Maslow,

    X. Rand, S. Newman) 365

    Appendix C: Adolescence and Youth

    delinquency in two different cultures

    (A. G. Maslow, R. Diaz-Guero) 383

    Appendix D: Criteria for Attribution of Needs

    into the category of instinct-like 393

    Appendix E: Abraham G. Maslow:

    Bibliography 405

    Notes 416

    Bibliography 424

    humanization

    person

    Abraham Harold Maslow was born in 1908 in New York, USA. Annual

    graduate course at the City College of New York and Cornell

    University stimulated Maslow's interest in psychology. In 1928 he

    transferred to the University of Wisconsin, where he specialized in

    psychology. The teachers who most influenced Maslow were

    Behaviorists: Clark Hull, Norman Cameron, William Sheldon and Harry

    Harlow. His dissertation research on dominantT and

    sexuality in primates was done under the direction of Harlow.

    After working for two years as an assistant to Thorndike at Columbia

    Maslow took a teaching position at Brooklyn College and

    left him only in 1951.

    During his years at Columbia and Brooklyn Colleges, Maslow

    communicated with a large number of scientists, mainly associated with

    Columbia University and the New School for Social Research. He

    met Fromm, Koffka, Wertheimer, Horney, Sullivan,

    Benedict, Horkheimer, Kardiner, Adler, Goldstein, Ansh-

    bacher and came under the influence of their ideas.

    At the end of the 30s. Maslow conducted anthropological research in

    Indian reservation and wrote a section on cross-cultural psychology in the book

    Ross Stagner. In the mid-40s. Maslow

    contacted Alfred Kinsey, a famous sexologist who

    conducted medical research in Wisconsin and planned to study

    Women's sexual behavior at Brooklyn College. But potential

    the collaboration between the two scientists was frustrated. However, Maslow's open

    the research method was used by Kinsey later.

    Maslow's most important contributions to psychological thought were made by his two

    On the paths of humanizing a person

    tions> and. This topic was discussed in detail

    developed in book (1954).

    Abraham Harold Maslow is a brilliant thinker who deals with questions

    abnormal psychology, human motivation and personality, famous

    as the founder of humanistic psychology, as the creator of the theory

    self-actualization.

    His theory, focused on the difference between inferior (imperfect)

    and higher (growing) needs is not accidental. At that time in the world

    psychology was dominated by two major movements: behaviorism, which

    was criticized for the mechanistic approach to human psychology by

    analogies with animal psychology, for considering the human

    behavior as completely dependent on external stimuli, and psychoanalysis,

    which was considered the best system of analysis for psychopathology and

    possible psychotherapy, but not sufficient to explain

    human thinking and behavior in general, since, according to Maslow,

    No less significant influence on Maslow's thinking was exerted by the works

    Gestalt psychologists Max Wertheimer and Kurt Goldstein, to whom he

    dedicated his book. In the preface, Maslow wrote:

    psychology, then I would say that this is an integration of Goldstein (and

    Gestalt psychology) with Freud (and various psychodynamic

    psychology), under the auspices of the scientific spirit of my teachers at the University of Wisconsin

    university>.

    Maslow owes his theory to Kurt Goldstein, and he

    borrowed the term itself. Kurt Goldstein first introduced the concept into science

    self-actualization, but, being a neurophysiologist, he understood by this

    a certain voltage,

    orderly activity of the organism. Goldstein claims that

    a normal body can temporarily postpone eating, sleeping, sex, etc.

    Maslow, self-actualization does not mean the end of problems, on the contrary, growth

    can often bring a certain amount of suffering. Goldstein wrote,

    that the abilities of an organism determine its needs, e.g.

    the presence of muscles requires movement, etc.

    Self-actualization is loosely defined by Maslow as

    talents, abilities, opportunities and the like>, as a process

    self-realization of human potential.

    self-actualized person not like an ordinary person who

    something is added, but as an ordinary person from whom nothing has been taken away.

    The average person is a kind of human being, with muffled and

    suppressed abilities and talents>.

    Maslow's research on self-actualization was initially

    driven by his desire to more fully understand two of his most inspiring

    t/a ways of humanizing a person

    teachers - Ruth Benedict, who originally used the term

    to indicate the degree of interpersonal cooperation and

    harmony in society, and Max Wertheimer, whose work is about

    productive thinking was close to Maslow's own research on

    knowledge and creativity. Although they were very different from each other

    people, and they were engaged in research in different areas, Maslow

    felt that they had some level of personal accomplishment both in

    professional and personal life, which he rarely observed in

    others. Maslow saw in them not only brilliant scientists, but also deeply

    perfect, creative people. He began to record the results of his

    observations in a notebook to understand what makes them so special.

    This was his first step in researching the problem of self-actualization,

    which subsequently lasted for the rest of his life.

    - one of the best works

    Abraham Maslow, his final work, a book on mental health,

    creativity, values, education, society, transcendence and

    metamotivation.

    To explore the limits of human capabilities,

    it is necessary to study the best of individuals; According to Maslow, so

    best athletes and runners, and it would be pointless to make an "average

    sample" from

    population of the city>.

    Abraham Harold Maslow was a theoretical psychologist. He didn't spend

    large and thorough experimental studies, he said,

    he simply did not have enough time for this. He spent more

    research>, but not for publications, but to confirm one’s own

    hypotheses.

    For his first study, Maslow chose people who did not have

    significant personal problems that are not susceptible to neurosis and, most importantly,

    who make the best use of their talents and abilities. His

    the sample consisted of eighteen people, nine of whom were

    contemporaries of Abraham Maslow, and nine historical figures:

    Abraham Lincoln, Albert Einstein, Eleanor Roosevelt, Jane Adams,

    Aldous Huxley, Baruch Spinoza and others.

    According to Maslow, the self-actualized people he studied did not

    were perfect and were not deprived of the opportunity to make major mistakes.

    In addition, they had many of the problems of ordinary average people:

    anxiety, guilt, internal conflicts, etc.

    Self-actualization, according to Maslow, is not the absence of problems, but

    temporary and unreal problems to real problems>.

    Maslow's book is his culmination

    thinking about self-actualization. In it, Maslow describes the ways in which

    an individual can self-actualize:

    On the path of human incarnation

    – self-actualization is

    full concentration and complete absorption>;

    – accepting responsibility for one’s actions;

    To actualize means to exist really, physically, and not just

    potentially;

    – actualize – develop abilities,

    choices in food, music, profession, marriage;

    – self-actualization is not, it is a long process, like

    the Buddhist path of enlightenment;

    Self-actualization-test. - This

    transitional moments of self-actualization, the peak of our experiences,

    which arise with a strong feeling of love, exceptional beauty,

    works of art...

    moments of human life>.

    As a result of studying self-actualization, Maslow discovered that some of the

    self-actualizing individuals sought to experience a lot

    While others experienced them extremely rarely

    or not experienced at all. He divided self-actualizing people

    on mentally healthy, productive people with little experience

    and generally without it, and for people for whom experience

    was important and central.

    In the chapter Maslow describes from above

    twenty ways to experience transcendence. This is the Transcendence of Time,

    culture, past, inner Ego, basic needs, love,

    someone else's opinion, one's own weakness, one's own will, dichotomy,

    mystical experience, Transcendence of vice, etc. Maslow claims that

    transcendental personalities tend to identify themselves with their

    abilities, profession. For example, .

    Many people who have mystical experiences are not

    mentally healthy and not productive, which Maslow

    considered the essential properties of self-actualization, further noting that

    he met as many transcendental people among businessmen,

    teachers, politicians, as well as among those who are considered closer to this -

    musicians, poets, priests, etc.

    Before Maslow, there were many theories of very different nature.

    motivation. However, they were not distinguished by the necessary completeness. Maslow

    brought some clarity to this problem. He made an attempt

    hierarchization of motives. According to its hierarchy, the basis is

    physiological needs (food, sleep, etc.). Next are the levels

    higher needs: the need for safety, love and

    respect. The highest level is occupied by metaneeds - the need for

    perfection, justice, beauty, truth. To the extent of satisfaction

    lower needs

    On the path to humanization of man

    immediately other higher needs appear and begin

    dominate the body. When they are satisfied, they go out

    the scene of new needs, of an even higher level, and so on. IN

    Metamotivation is based on growth needs and values. Exactly like this

    Motivation, according to Maslow, is inherent to a greater extent in self-actualizing people.

    individuals who, in his opinion, are satisfied with lower

    motives. Each level of metamotivation corresponds to certain levels

    complaints. Complaints regarding lack of safety precautions, arbitrariness

    bosses, irregular working hours, etc. – these are complaints of the level

    fundamental needs. The levels of highest complaints lie in the areas

    recognition and self-esteem: at these levels, issues of pride are important,

    autonomy, self-respect, respect from others, relevant

    feelings of self-worth, encouragement, praise, trust from

    those around you. Highest level complaints concern what causes harm

    person's self-esteem.

    Meta-complaints concern the frustration of meta-needs. These include

    the need for perfection, justice, beauty, truth, etc.

    excitedly complaining that the roses in the park are not well cared for, this

    in itself is remarkable because it indicates the height of the standard of living

    complaining>.

    In the book, Maslow introduces something new

    concept – which should be understood

    how, and develops

    theory of a mentally healthy society, a society that

    favors the fullest development and realization of human

    opportunities. Maslow believed that society should consist of

    mentally healthy, self-actualized

    individuals. However, even an ideal society cannot create them. By

    according to Maslow,

    enable, encourage, encourage to become real and

    relevant>.

    Maslow describes a mentally healthy society as opposed to

    that workers and management have completely opposite,

    incompatible goals: workers want to earn as much as possible with

    with minimal effort, and therefore they must be carefully looked after.

    Democratic governance assumes that workers want to be

    creative and productive, that they need support and

    approval; people are suspicious, hostile, maybe

    use freedom. The theory of a mentally healthy society is applicable

    only to those who can take responsibility and use

    self-government Therefore, a mentally healthy society should consist

    of self-actualized people.

    On the path to humanization of man

    In the chapter (the term was first used by Ruth Benedict and

    stands for combined action) Maslow writes about synergy in

    individuals, when the success of others is the basis of complete

    satisfaction for the individual, and assistance is offered freely and as

    due. Thus, identifying oneself with others promotes

    high individual synergy.

    Synergy can exist within an individual. In perspective a person

    must do what he needs to do because he wants to do

    In his work Maslow

    touches on educational issues. He rightly believes that training

    dance, art or other physical means of expression – important

    moment of traditional education: physically and sensually

    oriented academic subjects require active participation

    students. According to Maslow, love, respect, a sense of security, -

    fundamental needs that are equally important for everyone,

    Unfortunately, most psychology textbooks don’t even mention

    the word "love">.

    Maslow introduces a new concept, .

    The key is. This type of consciousness has something

    common with, but it is a different type of experience. Author here

    used the image. According to Maslow,

    means

    the sense of enlightenment or awakening, or Zen, in the lightness of the wonderful...

    it means accepting the sharpness and precision of the beauty of things, but not making

    of this big noise...> But at the core,

    According to Maslow, only positive emotions lie.

    for example, under the influence of fear.

    Maslow's theory of self-actualization is a theory of growth, sequential

    satisfying higher needs. The individual cannot begin the path to

    self-actualization, if his lower needs are not satisfied: in

    safety, love, respect.

    Self-actualization involves developing abilities to the maximum

    possible, self-actualizing individuals are attracted to difficult,

    intricate problems that require maximum creative effort.

    Abraham Maslow sees defense mechanisms as obstacles.

    personal growth, and he himself adds two more types of defenses: desacralization

    Maslow does not specifically consider the volitional component; according to Maslow,

    wants to do. Becoming a second-rate doctor is not the way to go

    self-actualization. Man wants to be first class, or so

    a good doctor, as much as possible for him>. Maslow believes that

    On the paths that made man human

    a mentally healthy individual is free from internal conflicts, and

    will is needed in order to develop your abilities and talents.

    Abraham Maslow is rightfully considered the best specialist in the field

    human potential. His merit is colossal, he founded

    a new development in modern psychology, the subject of which is

    I am clearly a human being in the highest manifestations.^

    -^ization of personality, its highest values ​​and meanings, -b-^^^^^^ freedom,

    responsibility, autonomy, mental health, transcendence

    tion, etc.

    Akulina N.N.

    Health and pathology

    About humanistic biology*

    My studies in psychology made me think about many things, and

    some of these thoughts did not fit into the framework of traditional

    psychology - at least within the framework of the psychology that once

    I studied.

    Having become interested in the problems of psychology in the thirties, very soon

    I found that they cannot be solved by obeying the structure

    psychological science that had developed by that time (behaviourist,

    positivistic, non-evaluative, mechanomorphic

    psychology). And then, quite naturally, I had doubts about

    correctness of the structure itself, and these doubts prompted me to start

    search for other approaches to solving problems facing psychology. Co

    Over time, the results of my research have developed into a philosophical

    a concept that includes not only psychology, but also science as

    such, as well as religion, production, management, and from now on

    biology. Essentially, I would call it a worldview (Weltanschauung).

    Today's psychology is not united; it is split into many currents.

    If we try to somehow streamline the current situation

    psychological science, then we can say that there are at least

    at least three psychologies and, accordingly, three disparate groups of scientists.

    The first of them are behaviorists1, objectivists, positivists,

    mechanics. Second

    * These are excerpts from notes written by me in March-April 1968

    at the request of the director of the Salk Institute of Biological Studies, in the hope that

    they will help to abandon the innocent concept of biology and accept

    arming the humanistic philosophy of biology. In these notes I

    left aside questions that were clearly borderline in biology and devoted himself

    something that, in my opinion, has not been considered before, or has not been

    noticed, or was misinterpreted - from my, psychological,

    point of view.

    Health and pathology

    includes a friendly group raised on Freud's psychoanalysis2.

    The third group is psychologists of the humanistic direction3, or, as

    it is also called, uniting scientists who are not

    were able to accept the views of the first two groups. Exactly about this, the third

    direction in psychology, I'm going to talk. I interpret this

    the third psychology as a science that has absorbed the achievements of the other two

    psychology, and therefore I will use terms such as

    and (means). These terms

    will help us avoid superficial oppositions such as

    I am a Freudian, and I am a behaviorist, and I am

    humanist, and for that matter, all my activities are aimed at

    development of the fourth psychology – the psychology of the transcendental.

    Here I speak only on my own behalf. Even among psychologists

    of the humanistic direction there are those who are more likely to

    enlist behaviorists and psychoanalysts in the camp of their opponents, than

    assume that they have an equal right with them to occupy their branch on

    blossoming tree of science. I think that this kind of psychologists fall into

    into anti-scientific, and maybe even irrational ecstasy about the role

    And since I in turn consider

    only as the initial stage of cognition (a necessary stage, but

    insufficient) and since I believe that our ultimate goal should be

    become a dissemination of knowledge much more general and comprehensive,

    than modern psychology, it’s better for me to speak only from my own

    This is my choice and my mission - to think freely, build theories,

    play with guesses and assumptions - in a word, try to penetrate

    future. This is rather pioneering activity, the work of a pioneer -

    put forward a bold hypothesis and go in search of new, even

    unexplored lands than development, sowing and maintenance, irrigation and

    reclamation measures through the painstaking work of experimenters.

    Of course, the latter form the backbone of science, but it still seems to me

    scrupulous work with facts.

    A pioneer, creator, researcher, as a rule, acts in

    alone. Tormented by fears and doubts, prone to self-justification,

    he nevertheless challenges human ignorance, pride, sometimes even

    paranoia4. He must be brave, he must not be afraid to look

    funny, must not be afraid of mistakes and constantly remember that he and

    there is, as Polanyi said (126), a player of his kind who, in full

    absent Given the facts, one runs the risk of making the most daring assumptions, and

    then for several years he tries to find confirmation of them. If

    he is not a madman, then he cannot fully believe his own

    assumptions and must be well aware of the fact that he

    bets on something you are not sure about. This is how I present mine here

    guesses and assumptions.

    About humanistic biology

    I believe we cannot avoid discussing the issue of evaluative biology,

    even if by doing so we call into question all history and philosophy

    Western science. I am convinced that the non-judgmental, neutral model of science,

    inherited by biology from physics, chemistry and astronomy, where it was

    is not only desirable, but necessary to prevent the church from

    interfere with scientific research - this model is completely unsuitable for

    scientific knowledge of living things. And it is even more obvious that this non-judgmental

    philosophy of science is not suitable for studying such complex biological

    the kind that a person is. Here such concepts as values5,

    aspirations, goals, intentions become of paramount importance:

    only by operating with them can one come closer to comprehending the laws

    human life, and therefore to the solution of classical

    tasks of science - prediction and control.

    I am well aware of the heated debates that are taking place within

    evolutionary theory and in which such words as

    directions, goals, teleology, vitalism. These debates, in my opinion,

    confused and unproductive. I would like to move the discussion of these issues to

    the sphere of psychology, where they can be presented more clearly and where it is possible

    find more direct ways to solve them.

    Within the framework of evolutionary theory, disputes about autogenesis in

    evolution, about whether the movement and direction of development are caused by

    solely by coincidence, pure chance. For me

    such reasoning seems like an excessive luxury; it is simply

    impossible when we are dealing with living people. After all, no one

    will undertake to assert that this or that person has become a good doctor

    by chance - no one will take such a statement seriously. Exactly

    Therefore, I reject all arguments about mechanical determinism6 and do not

    I consider it necessary to put forward some arguments in favor of my decision.

    Good people and statistics

    I dare say that to explore the possibilities of human

    nature needs to select from the population its healthiest, best

    specimens, those that would be superior to others in many ways

    indicators. Let me give you some clear arguments in favor of this.

    statements.

    In my research, I came across the fact that people with a high degree of

    self-actualization7 – the healthiest people in a psychological sense -

    have very high rates of cognitive and perceptual development

    abilities8. They may be above other people

    detectable even at the sensory level; It wouldn't surprise me at all

    if, for example, some experiment discovered in them

    the ability to distinguish the finest shades of color. One, once started

    my unfinished experiment can serve as a model for

    this kind of tests with

    Health and pathology

    My intention was to

    test all freshmen at Brandeis University,

    using the best techniques of that time, namely, psychiatric

    interviews9, projective tests, achievement tests10 – and break them down into

    several groups. The first of them would include the healthiest two percent

    in the psychological sense of students, in the second - two percent

    average-healthy, and, finally, in the third - two percent of the least healthy

    representatives of the population. These three groups we then planned

    thoroughly examine using a battery of tests that reveal

    sensory, perceptual and cognitive characteristics of a person in order to

    check the assumption based on clinical observations about

    that people with higher levels of psychological health

    reflect reality more accurately and truly. I had no doubt that

    this assumption will be confirmed. Then we planned to watch

    these people, and not only during their four years of study at

    university, when we could compare the data obtained with their

    academic performance and achievements in various areas of university life.

    I was hoping that we could start a longitudinal study." The idea

    was that, by observing these people throughout

    their lives, obtain irrefutable evidence of our hypothesis about

    human health. Some evaluation criteria were obvious,

    such as, for example, longevity, resistance to psychosomatic

    diseases, infections, etc. But we also hoped that during

    research will reveal other characteristics that we are not talking about

    assumed. In fact, that study should have been repeated

    Californian study of Lewis Terman, who is about forty years old

    ago selected children with high IQ12 scores and then observed

    them for several decades, which he continues to do and

    Now. His discovery was that people selected as children

    experimental group13 only on the basis of intelligence, now

    adults are superior to their peers from the control group in all

    the parameters he tested. From this Lewis draws the following conclusion: everything

    the best in a person, all those qualities that one could wish for him,

    positively correlate14 with each other.

    The significance of this type of research lies primarily in the fact that it

    radically change our view of statistics and especially how they

    section that is in charge of selecting material for the experiment. To me

    I would like to call it bluntly.

    If we ask ourselves what are the capabilities of man as a biological

    type15, then this question should be attributed rather to a small selected

    group of people rather than the population as a whole. In my opinion, the main

    the reason for the failure of hedonistic and ethical theories lies in

    that philosophers confused the pathological desire for pleasure with

    healthy and did not even delineate the line between normality and pathology, between

    biologically healthy and unhealthy individuals.

    About humanistic biology

    To find out how tall a person can be,

    it is quite obvious that the tallest people need to be selected and studied

    their. To find out how fast a person can run, you don’t need

    derive the arithmetic average speed of all humanity as a whole, -

    you just need to take the Olympic champions in running and see

    how well they do it. If we want to know the possibilities

    spiritual and personal growth of a person, his moral development, then

    here, I am sure, we will learn more by studying the most righteous, the most

    respectable representatives of the human race.

    Overall, I think it's fair to say that the story

    humanity is a series of evidence of how society does not care about anything



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