Anthropology
Open Access
ISSN: 2332-0915
ISSN: 2332-0915
Prof, East European Psychoanalytical Institute, East European Psychoanalytical Institute, Russian Federation, Russia
Mikhail Reshetnikov is a member of Council of University Rectors (St-Petersburg, Russia); a member of Scientific Council at Philosophy Dept and Psychology Dept of St. Petersburg State University and Scientific Council at Institute of Emergency and Radiation Medicine (St. Petersburg, Russia); a member of Expert Council at Ministry of Emergency Services (Moscow, Russia); a member of the St. Petersburg’s Club on Psychology of Politics (St. Petersburg), a member of the Board and Chair of the Psychological Department of the St.
Short Communication
Genius Ideas and Genius Mistakes: Non-Material Nature of the Psyche, Part II
Author(s): Mikhail Reshetnikov*
The author develops ideas, which he presented in his paper What is the Psyche? What are we Curing? and critically analyses works by Descartes, I.M. Sechenov and I.P. Pavlov, which determined our methods of studying the psyche and treating mental disorders for many centuries. Reflexes of the Brain by I.M. Sechenov and ideas of the second signal system and higher nervous activity by I.P. Pavlov are analysed in detail. The author proves that these ideas, which still influence development of psychology, psychiatry, psychotherapy and social sciences, are fallacious... View More»