Dominant. Ukhtomsky A.A.

Alexey Alekseevich Ukhtomsky (1875–1942) - one of the most outstanding domestic thinkers of the twentieth century. His doctrine of the dominant as a universal general biological principle, which underlies the activity of all living systems, anticipated a number of areas of modern research and continues to attract close attention of specialists of various fields of knowledge. The theory of dominants allows you to study not only physiological, but also psychological and social processes. In fact, Ukhtomsky created a harmonious concept of man at the junction of various sciences: physiology, psychology, philosophy, sociology and ethics.