title: A Philosophical vs. a Psychological Perspective on Borders.
abstract: This paper questions to what extent borders are to be understood from a philosophical or a psychological perspective. This is done by investigating the distinction between philosophy and psychology that comes up as a result of Immanuel Kant's investigation of the pure reason. Ontology is found as a demarcation criterion between the two fields in the sense that it is of crucial importance in philosophy, but not of certain interest from a psychological point of view. An investigation of three assumptions in the perspective of affective loading follows this up, which confirms the efficiency of borders in psychological meaning production.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, NTNU, 7491, Trondheim, Norway. hroar.klempe@svt.ntnu.no.
authors.forename: Sven Hroar
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Klempe
mesh_terms: D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D008678:Metaphysics / Q000266:history*; D010684:Philosophy / Q000266:history*; D011584:Psychology / Q000266:history*
keywords: Borders/boundaries; Meaning production; Ontology; Psychology vs. philosophy