This paper will concern itself with some main philosophical arguments and dilemmas and how they correlate with modern psychological personality theories. This survey will include dilemmas about the mind and body, the concept of the self, and inner and outer reality. Also, it will discuss six personality theorists and their scientific and philosophical developments.
Psychology, science, and philosophy are interconnected and rooted within each other. In the book Metapsychology, the author, Sam Rakover, states that 'Scientific knowledge grows and changes with time, and all three of the subsystems of science-the philosophical, the theoretical, and the experimental-are constantly developing' (Rakover 7). These developments are systematic processes. Psychology must engage in pursuit of explanation and causality. …
