1984'6, p.95
Prangishvili A. S. , Bassin F. V. , Shoshin P. B.
"The unconscious or the set": a non-existent dilemma
(RESUME)

The authors reply to a polemic article by V.V. Grigolava "The unconscious and the set" (see "Voprosy psychologii", 1984, no. 3, pp. 145-150) where those concepts have been treated as mutually exclusive and the unconscious, given the unquestionable scientific value of the set, finally called "illegitimate" as a psychological category. It is argued in the present paper that the relationship between the two concepts is not that of rivalry. On the contrary, incorporation of them into a single conceptual system is highly promising. Grigolava's final statement, dismissing the unconscious as a mere "fiction", is shown to be fallacious.