The most basic concept of humanistic psychology is potential, which is considered to have a perfect development trend in both physical and psychological aspects. The destruction of mental health means that the development of potential is hindered.
Humanism is a free translation of German anthropology and also a translation of humanism. The Greek etymology antropos and logos means the theory of human harmony. Usually refers to humanism, which is a metaphysical theory to explain people from a biological point of view.
Represented by/kloc-Feuerbach in the 9th century and Chernyshevski in Russia later. Feuerbach rejected materialism and avoided or even opposed the term materialism, so he called his philosophy humanitarianism or humanitarianism principle in philosophy.
Methodology of Dilthey and His Successors
Hermeneutics emphasizes the understanding of texts or social and historical phenomena in social humanities, which is obviously different from natural science's explanation of the studied phenomena with general laws.
Understanding and explanation are two different scientific methods. However, naturalism insists on the continuity of scientific methods, and all natural objects and phenomena, including people, can be scientifically explained by applying general laws, thinking that only in this way can real scientific knowledge be obtained. In this way, methodological hermeneutics is opposite to naturalism.
Hermeneutics is also incompatible with epistemological foundationalism in denying the certainty of truth. Therefore, in the whole field of philosophy, early hermeneutics can be said to belong to the category of humanism, as opposed to scientism.