Abstract

In his Presidential Address for the Section of Psychology and Educational Science, 49th Indian Science Congress, 1962, Boaz decries the tendencies of modern psychology to determine subject matter by methodology rather than the opposite, and to oversimplify by "electronic brains" and neurophysiology. He points to certain persistent problems (such as the extreme adaptability and spontaneity of the nervous system, consciousness, and parapsychology) which are not adequately represented by mechanical models. All students of psychology should confront themselves with the mind as an entity and as a legitimate problem for study.