Contemplation: contemporary theoretical and empirical research

Describes an archaic term "contemplation" by modern psychology paradigms communicative positions of consciousness. In the theoretical part of the study correlated dictionary definitions and philosophical characteristics of contemplation with conceptual apparatus of modern psychology (binary, dichotomizm, activities and consciousness, the subject and the consciousness, activities and contemplation, contact and freedom, etc.). In the empirical part summarizes descriptions (written self-report) modern students-psychologists of contemplation as a personal experience to help you defining kategorizovat' as a scientific term psychological contemplation.