Psychology—Tensions between Objectivity and Subjectivity

The self is often defined in terms of its presentational appearances. This may easily end up in a denial of the internal aspects
of the self, which is very often related to a tendency to avoid the tension between the internal and the external, but also
between subjectivity and objectivity. In this paper this ambition is regarded in a historical perspective, in which Fichte
and Hegel both represent attempts at abolishing the tension, whereas Kant and Kierkegaard represent the opposite. History
shows that an eradication of the tension between subjectivity and objectivity implies a deterioration of psychology as well.
Thus the conclusion is that psychology is primarily to be defined in terms of the tension between subjectivity and objectivity,
which requires an accurate understanding and the inclusion of both of them.