THE BASIC INTERPRETATIONS OF VOLITION IN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE ENERGETIC APPROACH
https://doi.org/10.21603/2078-8975-2018-4-165-174
Abstract
The article features a historical, philosophical, and psychological analysis of the concept of volition in the framework of the energetic approach. While acknowledging the existence of different approaches to volition, the authors justify the necessity to investigate this phenomenon from a new angle taking into consideration its energy component. The paper describes the history of the development of the concept of energy and gives a comparative analysis of its definitions in philosophical and psychological literature, which makes it possible to state that philosophers treat energy as a physical phenomenon, whereas psychologists focus on the psychic component of this concept. The authors offer a detailed review of the literature (domestic and foreign) in which volition and volitional qualities are defined through energy costs, energy efforts, and the concept of energy is used when studying behaviour, motivation, self-regulation, etc. In conclusion, the authors give their own interpretation of volition within the energetic approach based on the synthesis of the points of view described. The authors also make an assumption that the energy of volition changes the state of consciousness, which, in the long run, leads to some purposeful actions. The research results will make it possible to disclose, to some extent, one of the aspects of the complicated concept of energy in psychology. It will also help to investigate and define the intricate and contradictory concept of volition.
About the Authors
O. Y. Smirnova
National Research University Higher School of Economics
Russian Federation
buil. 2, 4, Armenian lane, Moscow, Russia, 101000
Russian Federation
buil. 2, 4, Armenian lane, Moscow, Russia, 101000
V. P. Serkin
National Research University Higher School of Economics
Russian Federation
buil. 2, 4, Armenian lane, Moscow, Russia, 101000
Russian Federation
buil. 2, 4, Armenian lane, Moscow, Russia, 101000
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Smirnova O.Y., Serkin V.P. THE BASIC INTERPRETATIONS OF VOLITION IN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE ENERGETIC APPROACH. The Bulletin of Kemerovo State University. 2018;(4):165-174. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.21603/2078-8975-2018-4-165-174
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