Karol Wojtyła’s “Thomistic Personalism”: Philosophical Foundations for a Psychology of the Person

• Authors: Keith A. Houde

Abstracts

EN

Karol Wojtyła’s seminal essay, “thomistic Personalism,” presents an integral theory of the human person that may serve as the foundation for an authentically personalist psychology. Relevant to the contemporary field of psychology, which appears fragmented and in search of a unifying paradigm, Wojtyła considered theory (anthropology), research (epistemology), and practice (ethics). In terms of research, he identified four complementary methods of understanding the human person: revelation (theology), reason (philosophy), observation (empiricism), and introspection (experience). In terms of theory, Wojtyła addressed the rudiments of rychlak’s four dimensions of a personality theory: structure, motivation, development, and personality. In terms of practice, he described four guiding ethical principles: freedom for morality, freedom for love, personal good and common good, and transtemporal values. Wojtyła thus offered an outline for the project of a comprehensive psychology of persons with significant implications for the theory, research, and practice of psychology.

Keywords

EN

Karol Wojtyła; John Paul ii; thomism; personalism; personalist psychology

• Publisher: International Étienne Gilson Society
• Journal: Studia Gilsoniana
• Year: 2023
• Volume: 13
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 219-258

Dates

published

2023

Contributors

author

Keith A. Houde

• Ave Maria University Fl, USA

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Identifiers

DOI

10.26385/SG.120208

Biblioteka Nauki

28761645