title: Towards the psychology of the possible: The anthropological, the deterministic, the axiological and the existential context
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metadata.value: Leontiev, Dmitry A.
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metadata.value: 2022-09-08T20:20:32Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.available
metadata.value: 2022-09-08T20:20:32Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2022-06
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metadata.value: Leontiev D. A. Towards the psychology of the possible: The anthropological, the deterministic, the axiological and the existential context. Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. Psychology, 2022, vol. 12, vol. 2, рр. 111–121.
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metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu16.2022.201
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/37712
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metadata.value: This paper considers the role of the category of the possible in four contexts. In the anthropological
  context the idea of the possible is viewed as a specific feature of human psychology,
  unlike the minds of other living species. The human being is conceived as a possible, rather than factual, being, as a possibility of oneself. In the context of the vol. of determinism one’s
  orientation toward the possible is treated as a mechanism of motivation and activity regulation,
  based on reflective awareness and goal setting. Our consciousness singles out those
  specific possibilities from the domain of the possible which possess a definite value, attractiveness
  or meaning for us, and due to this they are considered as potential options for action.
  Actually, only few are embodied in one’s activity after passing one more selection: they are
  accepted as the ought, the goals, for the implementation of which we accept responsibility. In
  the axiological aspect, possibilities appear as the good, or value, a component of quality of life
  and well-being. Empirical data are presented on the associations between the idea of the existing
  possibilities and numerous indicators of subjective and psychological well-being. Finally,
  in the existential context, possibilities appear as existential options, consciously chosen and
  implemented by the person. An action in the realm of the possible suggests the acceptance
  of responsibility, self-reflection and the conscious acceptance of the price. While switching
  on the reflective self-awareness, we become aware of the available possibilities, weight up and
  reflect on the consequences which the given actions may entail, and on the price we shall have
  to pay for these or those choices, accept the risk and the responsibility for the choice. Freedom
  appears in this context as conscious opportunity. The realm of the possible is thus the realm of
  our responsibility and our freedom.
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metadata.value: The article was prepared in the course of work within the framework of the Basic Research Program
  of the National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE University).
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.language.iso
metadata.value: ru
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. Psychology;Volume 12; Issue 2
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: the possible
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: the necessary
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: determinism
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: the ought
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: potentialities
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: goal setting
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: consciousness
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: freedom
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: responsibility
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: Towards the psychology of the possible: The anthropological, the deterministic, the axiological and the existential context
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