Abstract

In an attempt to spell out the domain of psychological inquiry, a number of the realms of scientific and theoretical investigations are discussed. The current status of physical science, the materialism-spiritualism duality, parapsychology, and the scientific status of the concept of the spiritual life are related to the question. The basic problem of psychology is seen as, " . . . the exact nature if the relationship between our knowledge of the objective world and the subjective experience of knowing and all other conscious acts." The biological nature of this problem is pointed out.