A Study Of Sigmund Koch's "Studies In Epistemopathology"

Sigmund Koch was known for his critic analysis toward theory and practice of modern psychology. His "epistemopathology" and "ameaningful thinking" captured the pathology of dominant psychology, the symptoms of which were rule-fetishism and aontologism. From the perspective of cognitive pathology, Koch criticized the theoretical base of modern psychology, which was operationism, logical positivism. He also challenged the position that psychology was a coherent, independent science.Koch's "psychological theory of meaning", "psychological studies" represented his efforts towards the reconstruction of future psychology. The "psychological theory of meaning" emphasized the importance of psychological experience and tried to put it as the ontology of cognition, communication and understanding. The aim of any verbal or nonverbal process of defining was to guide the addressee to the psychological experience, which was labile, subtle, intricate and resistant to any reduction. Thus the process of defining was essentially a process of perception guidance, and human sensibility, agency and discrimination were emphasized. This theory of definition laid the foundation of "psychological studies".Koch's "'psychological studies" tried to explore the psychological problems from locational perspective and thus abandon the pursuit of the coherence of psychological knowledge. Thus the theory put up with difference and uncertainty.