Intellectual impostures of post-nonclassical psychology
Abstract
The article describes intellectual impostures of post-nonclassical psychology. They include: (1) the tricks of self-naming; (2) refusal to follow the criteria of scientific knowledge; (3) abuse of mathematical and physical terminology; (4) indifference to facts; (5) word game; (6) unclear connection with empirical consequences. It is argued that post-nonclassical psychology is more characterized by these impostures, the closer it is to its postmodern version. The described intellectual impostures perform two functions: firstly, they interfere with the elaboration of a scientific psychological theory, and secondly, they legitimize its absence.
Keywords: post-nonclassical psychology, intellectual impostures, postmodernism, scientific rationality, science.
* The research was supported by the Russian Foundation of Basic Research (RFBR), the scientific project No. 18-013-00715
