Smith M B
Department of Psychology, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA.
Am Psychol. 2001 May;56(5):441-4.
Just as Sigmund Koch was a good scientist without succumbing to scientism, he was a good humanist without succumbing to the popular distortions trading on the name of humanism. When humanistic psychology was seduced by the touchy-feely encounter group movement, Koch derided its technology of authenticity as shamelessly meretricious. Later, when postmodern humanists of deconstruction and textual analysis began to be heard in psychology, Koch wryly expressed his preference for the old-fashioned kind of humanism. Koch's interests and his conception of the domain of psychology thus transcended scientific and humanistic labels and boundaries. To be good science, human psychological studies have to start with and be guided by openness to all aspects of being human. No less in the present and future than during his lifetime, the implications of Koch's vision of psychological inquiry warrant discerning and disciplined attention.
正如西格蒙德·科赫是一位优秀的科学家而未陷入科学主义一样，他也是一位优秀的人文主义者，而未陷入以人文主义之名行流行歪曲之实的境地。当人本主义心理学被温情脉脉的会心团体运动所诱惑时，科赫嘲笑其真实性技术是无耻的华而不实。后来，当解构和文本分析的后现代人文主义者开始在心理学领域崭露头角时，科赫诙谐地表达了他对老式人文主义的偏爱。因此，科赫的兴趣以及他对心理学领域的概念超越了科学和人文主义的标签与界限。要成为好的科学，人类心理学研究必须以对人类存在的各个方面持开放态度为出发点并以此为指导。在他生前以及现在和未来，科赫对心理学探究的愿景所蕴含的意义都值得审慎而严谨的关注。
