Patricius’s Argument on Integrality in the Context of Contemporary Psychology

Abstract

U radu razmatram Petrićev argument o cjelovitosti iznesen u »Pampsychiji«, najmanje istra­živanoj od četiriju knjiga Nove sveopće filozofije (Nova de universis philosophia, 1591.), u usporedbi s konceptima, metodologijom i pragmatičkim dosezima suvremene znanosti o ljudskoj psihi. Nastojao sam odrediti može li taj argument korespondirati metodološkom instrumentariju suvremene psihologije ili se radi o disjunktivnom, dakle animozitetnom odnosu. Naglasak je na Petrićevoj refleksiji glede »umocentričnosti« duše, pri čemu sam nastojao ukazati na dinamiku i dijalektičnost fenomena psihe kao temeljne odrednice Petrićeve psiho­ontologije te na važnost implementacije takve filozofijske refleksije u okvire sustava mentalnog zdravlja, kao pretpostavke cjelovitog integrativnog pristupa problematici.In this paper, I consider Patricius’s argument on integrality laid out in “Pampsychia”, least researched book belonging to Nova universis philosophia (1591), in comparison with the notions, methodologies and pragmatic reach of the contemporary science of human psyche. I attempted to determine can the argument correspond to the methodological instrument of psychology or the relation is disjunctive, that is, in animosity. I emphasise Patricius’s reflection on the mindcenteredness of the soul while trying to point at the dynamic and dialectical character of the psyche phenomenon as the fundamental determinant of Patricius’s psycho­ontology and the importance of implementing philosophical reflection into the mental health system framework, as a precondition for the holistic, integrative approach to the problem