Vasily Davydov Explained

Vasily Vasilovich Davydov (31 August 1930 – 19 March 1998) was a Russian psychologist who led the Psychological Institute of the Russian Academy of Education.^[1]

In 1958 he joined Georgy Shchedrovitsky in founding the Commission for The Study of The Psychology of Thought and Logic^[2]

In the 1980s he was Director of the Institute of General and Pedagogical Psychology in Moscow. Here he established a 'laboratory' where Felix Mikhailov, Vladimir Bibler, A.S. Arsen'ev and Georgy Shchedrovitsky. In 1983 he was removed from the institute and the laboratory was dissolved.^[3]

External links

• http://www.maa.org/devlin/devlin_01_09.html article about Davydov by Dr Keith Devlin (a.k.a. https://www.npr.org/search/index.php?searchinput=math+guy&dateId=0&programId=0 NPR's The Math Guy)

Notes and References

1. Web site: V. V. Davydov – the founder of scientific school and director of the Psychological Institute. Rubtsov. V.V.. PsyJournals.Ru. 22 November 2012.
2. Web site: Georgy Shchedrovitsky . The Schedrovitsky Institute for Development . November 14, 2012.
3. Bakhurst. David. Social Being and the Human Essence: An Unresolved Issue in Soviet Philosophy. A Dialogue with Russian Philosophers Conducted by David Bakhurst. Studies in East European Thought. June 1995. 47. 1/2. 3–60. 10.1007/BF01075140. 144551272.