title: Ontological Issues and the Possible Development of Cultural Psychology.
abstract: Ontological issues have a bad reputation within mainstream psychology. This paper, however, is an attempt to argue that ontological reflection may play an important role in the development of cultural psychology. A cross-reading of two recent papers on the subject (Mammen & Mironenko, Integrative Psychological and Behavioral Science, 49(4), 681-713, 2015; Simão Integrative Psychological and Behavioral Science, 50, 568-585, 2016), aimed at characterizing their respective approaches to ontological issues, sets the stage for a presentation of Cornelius Castoriadis' ontological reflections. On this basis, a dialogue is initiated with E.E. Boesch's Symbolic Activity Theory that could contribute to a more refined understanding of human psychological functioning in its full complexity.
authors.affiliation: Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico Facultad de Estudios Superiores Iztacala, Tlalnepantla, Estado de México, Mexico. gperez@servidor.unam.mx.
authors.forename: Gilberto
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8260-1656
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pérez-Campos
mesh_terms: D003469:Culture; D006801:Humans; D010684:Philosophy; D011582:Psychological Theory; D011584:Psychology
keywords: Cultural psychology; Ontological issues; Social imaginary significations; Symbolic activity theory