As the humanities suffer decline in the academy, some psychologists have turned to them as an especially apt way to advance a psychological science that reflects lived experience more accurately and robustly. Disciplinary psychology’s adoption of the ontological and epistemological underpinnings of the natural sciences is often seen as a misapplication that has resulted in a science that diminishes if not demolishes subjectivity and misrepresents many. By contrast, the humanities are taken to be well positioned to infuse scientific psychology with myriad aspects of lived experience. I applaud all efforts to take the humanities seriously, by incorporating the theories, methods, and observations of the humanities in psychological science; the question is, how best to do this. On what understanding of the humanities should scientific psychology proceed? With these questions in mind, I review arguments about how psychological science can benefit from attention to the humanities. I also consider worries about a scientistic turn within the humane disciplines themselves, which turn mirrors worries about scientism in psychology. Contemporary examples of scholarship on the origins of ancient Greek philosophy and depictions of Christ in Renaissance art illustrate how the wars over truth and evidence that plague psychology are no less fierce in the humanities. I conclude that if psychologists apprehend the humanities with the critical understandings called for in psychological science, we may not only appreciate their contributions more completely and accurately, but may also deploy those contributions more substantially, in working to broaden and deepen psychological science.

随着人文科学学院的衰落，一些心理学家将其视为发展心理学科学的一种特别合适的方法，该科学可以更准确，更可靠地反映生活经验。学科心理学对自然科学的本体论和认识论基础的采用通常被认为是错误的应用，导致一门科学削弱了（如果不能摧毁的话）主观性并歪曲了许多学科。相比之下，人文学科被定位为将科学心理学与生活经验的方方面面融合在一起。我赞扬通过将人文学科的理论，方法和观察纳入心理学来认真对待人文科学的所有努力；问题是，如何最好地做到这一点。科学心理学应该对人文科学有什么理解？考虑到这些问题，我回顾了有关心理学如何从关注人文科学中受益的争论。我还考虑了对人文学科自身内科学性转向的担忧，这反过来反映了对心理学中科学主义的担忧。有关古希腊哲学渊源和文艺复兴时期艺术中基督形象的学术研究的当代例子，说明了对真理的战争以及瘟疫心理学在人文学科中同样凶猛的证据。我得出的结论是，如果心理学家以心理学中所要求的批判性理解来理解人文学科，那么我们不仅可以更完整，更准确地欣赏他们的贡献，而且还可以更充分地利用这些贡献，