Where Occidental Science Went Wrong: Failing to See Systemic Unity in Diversity

Jaan Valsiner

doi:10.1177/0971333620903880

Where Occidental Science Went Wrong: Failing to See Systemic Unity in Diversity

Jaan Valsiner^*

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Abstract

I find the conceptual field where Oriental and Occidental perspectives in psychology meet in the analysis of borders within systems—looking at the specific mechanisms under which these borders can inhibit or enhance the exchange relations between parts within the whole. The Occidental science has selected a non-fruitful pathway to knowledge that prescribes context-free categorisation of elements instead of viewing them as parts of functioning systems.

Original language	English
Journal	Psychology and Developing Societies
Volume	32
Issue number	1
Pages (from-to)	7-14
Number of pages	8
ISSN	0971-3336
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/0971333620903880
Publication status	Published - 1 Mar 2020

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© 2020 Department of Psychology, University of Allahabad.

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Keywords

borders epistemology
Gegenstand
Systems
unity

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