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Contextualism in Psychological Research? - A Critical Review (Paperback)
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Contextualism in Psychological Research? - A Critical Review (Paperback)
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"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.
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