Zagaria et al. (Integrative Psychological and Behavioral Science, X 1–44, 2020) argue that psychology is a science marked by theoretical chaos and that it is possible to rectify this by letting the theoretical framework of evolutionary psychology serve as a foundation for psychology at large. While agreeing to the fact that psychology lacks direction, I maintain that this problem is not theoretical and hence, not rectifiable through the postulations of a theory. Following Wittgenstein, I argue that the disorganised state of psychology is due to an insufficient sensitivity to the meaning of psychological terms in ordinary language. In short, psychology’s problem is grammatical. Hence, what needs to be done is to examine the grammar of psychological concepts. Many scholars have contributed to this kind of examination but few as extensively as Harré, who stressed the primacy of the concept of a person for discourses about human mental powers and their exercise. This is the Taxonomic Priority Principle. Grounding psychological research in evolutionary theory would amount to a violation of it and thus, I claim that it is mistaken to do so. The approach best suited to administer this principle is that of cultural psychology.

Zagaria等。（综合心理与行为科学，X1–44，2020）认为心理学是一门理论混乱的科学，并且有可能通过让进化心理学的理论框架作为整个心理学的基础来加以纠正。在同意心理学缺乏方向这一事实的同时，我坚持认为这个问题不是理论上的，因此不能通过理论上的假设得到纠正。在维特根斯坦之后，我认为心理学的混乱状态是由于对普通语言中的心理术语的含义不够敏感。简而言之，心理学的问题是语法上的。因此，需要做的是检查心理学概念的语法。许多学者为这种考试做出了贡献，但很少有像哈雷（Harré），他强调了人的概念对于人类智力和运动的论述至关重要。这是分类优先原则。在进化论中扎根心理学研究将构成对它的违反，因此，我认为这样做是错误的。最适合执行该原则的方法是文化心理学。