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<journal-id>0214-7823</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Papeles del Psicólogo]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Pap. Psicol.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0214-7823</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[Consejo General de Colegios Oficiales de Psicólogos]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S0214-78232026000200084</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.70478/pap.psicol.2026.47.10</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[¿Qué es la Psicología?]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[What is Psychology?]]></article-title>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Álvarez-Fernández]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Sergio]]></given-names>
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<institution><![CDATA[,Consejería de Educación del Principado de Asturias  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>España</country>
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<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>08</month>
<year>2026</year>
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<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>08</month>
<year>2026</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>47</volume>
<numero>2</numero>
<fpage>84</fpage>
<lpage>94</lpage>
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<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.isciii.es/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0214-78232026000200084&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.isciii.es/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0214-78232026000200084&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.isciii.es/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0214-78232026000200084&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen Este trabajo pretende responder a la pregunta «¿Qué es la psicología?», intentando resolver algunos de sus entuertos gnoseológicos: su pluralidad, la definición de su objeto de estudio y su presunto carácter precientífico, resultado de una eterna lucha de escuelas. Se concluye que la Psicología no es una disciplina, sino muchas; y que, si quiere ser una ciencia, tiene que serlo de aquello que se ha dado en llamar «funciones genéticas». Se presentan, además, algunos intentos de fundamentar una psicología general, planteando, finalmente, una tesis arriesgada: que semejante proyecto es imposible, pues tal disciplina solo podría ser filosófica. Todos estos enredos se atribuyen al carácter problemático que las ideas de función y finalidad tienen en filosofía de la ciencia.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract This paper addresses the question "What is psychology?" and seeks to resolve some of its epistemological entanglements: its plurality, the definition of its object of study, and its presumed pre-scientific nature caused by an eternal struggle between schools of thought. It is concluded that psychology is not one discipline but many, and that to qualify as a science, it must be one of what has been called "genetic functions." The paper also presents attempts to establish a foundation for this general psychology, ultimately proposing a controversial thesis: that such a project is impossible as it would necessarily remain philosophical. All these entanglements are attributed to the problematic nature of the ideas of function and finality.]]></p></abstract>
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