This contribution focuses on the relevance of historical thinking for theoretical and philosophical psychology. Five thought styles of historical thinking that contribute to an understanding of psychological problems are distinguished: history of science, history of the present, history as reconstruction, history of the politics of difference, and historical psychology. The contributions of these historical approaches for comprehending the concept of objectivity are discussed, showing that the concept of objectivity is historically, socially, and culturally contingent and that a merely technical or mechanical concept of objectivity is misleading. Consequences of these historical thought styles for psychology in relation to subjectivity are articulated while emphasizing the embeddedness of objectivity in ontological, epistemological, and ethical debates.
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