THEORETICAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL SPECIFICS OF THE INSTITUTE OF PSYCHOLOGY OF THE USSR ACADEMY OF SCIENCE SCIENTIFIC WORK AT ITS FORMATION STAGE (BASED ON ARCHIVE MATERIALS)

Abstract

The article deals with the main research and organization peculiar features of the Institute of Psychology of the USSR Academy of Science at early stages of its formation. The base for the analysis is the record of the first meeting of the Institute Academic Council and the books published in the Institute in 1974. The choice of archive materials was due to the fact that it was the stage of the Institute’s formation when the main research directions were established reflecting scientific and organization principles contained within it. It is important to underline that the meetings of the Academic Council were not the formal procedure since it included great psychologies and other professionals. The choice of the books is based on three foundations. Firstly, the books contained the Institute research; secondly, they laid the main directions for the future research. At last, the choice of publications dated 1974 was driven by the fact that the Institute had already installed its work and the structure of departments. The analysis shows several peculiar features of the early stage of the Institute scientific life: a width of research fields (methodological and experimental research; individual and group, biological and social relations regarded as general methodological problems), claims of the Institute to leading positions in the development of several psychological areas, using advanced domestic and foreign science developments. The Institute was initially focused on world level research conducted under its aegis.

Keywords

• scientific culture
• organization of science
• ip ras
• publication activity
• archive