Contextualism in psychological research? : a critical review

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Contextualism in psychological research? : a critical review

E.J. Capaldi, Robert W. Proctor

Sage, c1999

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注記

Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-184) and indexes

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内容説明

"Contextualism, in my view, will be the major theoretical issue in psychology (as well as in the social sciences generally) in the first quarter of the next century. The authors have written the best general account of the issues at stake, and it is my guess that this will be the most important and perhaps the best-selling item in your list for some years. I say this even though I am one of those dreadful contextualist excoriated by the authors." --James E. Deese, University of Virginia "I admit I was a bit reluctant to tackle this one having looked at a lot of the subject in two tries at a Philosophy of Psychology course. I was pleased way beyond my expectations, and I am thoroughly envious of what 'they' have done. It is a wonderful book and should be on the 'must read' list of all psychologists, especially those new to or just entering psychology." --David C. Edwards, Iowa State University "It is written in a remarkably lucid and articulate manner, particularly considering the abstract, erudite, indeed even esoteric and abstruse topic to which it is addressed." --Michael Wertheimer, University of Colorado, Boulder "This book will give you the grounds for comparing and evaluating the claims of the several alternative 'postmodern' psychologies that have appeared in recent years. It will show you their varieties, their grounds for disagreement with mainstream psychology, and the adequacy of their claims and complaints. Along the way it will instruct you in some modern perspectives on what makes up an adequate philosophy of science." --David C. Edwards, Iowa State University Contextualism is a major growing movement that sees itself in opposition to the currently dominant approach in psychology, which it characterizes as mechanism. Contextualism is a variety of pragmatism that endorses radical empiricism and is closely related to a variety of other relativistic movements, such as social constructionism. This book identifies two distinct contextualist camps and asks whether either form of contextualism provides a satisfactory basis for the conduct of empirical and theoretical psychology. The two varieties of contextualism are contrasted with the authors' own conception of the philosophy of science, which is freely adopted from Larry Laudan. This conception provides a much more up-to-date and better basis than contextualism for the conduct of research and theory in psychology. The book describes methodological changes in contextualism that will have to occur if its impact on psychology is to increase.

目次

Contextualism Its Definition, Origins, Current Manifestations and Allies Philosophy of Science and Psychology The Metaphilosophy of Stephen Pepper Philosophic Contextualism and Modified Contextualism Described Philosophic Contextualism and Academic Psychology A Comparison and Evaluation Developmental Contextualism and Academic Psychology A Comparison and Evaluation Functional Contextualism and Academic Psychology A Comparison and Evaluation Are Mainstream Psychology and the Various Contextualisms in Competition, and Should They Be? Underdetermination, Incommensurability and Relativism Downplaying Ontology

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詳細情報

  • NII書誌ID(NCID)
    BA44530934
  • ISBN
    • 0761909974
    • 0761909982
  • LCCN
    99006362
  • 出版国コード
    us
  • タイトル言語コード
    eng
  • 本文言語コード
    eng
  • 出版地
    Thousand Oaks, Calif.
  • ページ数/冊数
    xiii, 193 p.
  • 大きさ
    24 cm
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