Scientific Traditions and Continuity Through the Prism of Historical-Psychological Approach

The article by Yu.N. Oleinik and A.L. Zhuravlev, related to the problem of continuity and traditions in the history of psychology, is discussed. The relevance and novelty of the ideas presented by the authors are noted, in particular, in the understanding of “tradition” and the three-dimensional model of their study in psychology developed by the authors. The need to consider not only traditions, but also other formats of scientific interaction as a mechanism of continuity is emphasized. An idea is expressed that the article lays a new direction in the development of methodological foundations of historical and psychological research — the study of the continuity of scientific knowledge. Possible promising lines of further development of the problem are outlined: 1) how to interpret traditions as a cognitive tool for the development of psychology and 2) development of approaches to the interpretation of the identified traditions and their relationship to each other.