Historical and psychological analysis of epistemological and ontological paradigms in classical German philosophy: Leibniz and Kant

Abstract

Evolution of epistemological and ontological approaches in constructions of great German philosophers that influenced on the development of scientific psychology is analyzed. Development of categorical system within the frame of these approaches is considered, main features of Leibniz’s ontological concept and Kant’s epistemological concept are described. Importance of historical and psychological analysis for determination of scientific research objects and development of methodology, techniques and standards of scientific research activity is shown. Conceptualization of research methodology within a certain paradigm gives scientific grounds for analyses while interpretation of the obtained data helps to reveal their relations to psychic reality, logics and dynamics of psychic process development.