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Reflexivity and Psychology (Paperback)
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Reflexivity and Psychology (Paperback)
Series: The YIS: The Yearbook of Idiographic Science
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Reflexivity is a category that is too appealing not to arouse
interest. It is a concept largely diffused in several psychological
domains, as well as associated with epistemological, theoretical,
methodological and practical discussions. At the same time, it is a
very polysemic notion, understood and used in many different ways.
If one approaches the notion and tries to identify the semantic
boundaries of its usage, the seeming solidity of the term fades
away, and a rather liquid semantic field emerges - a field where
several interpretations coexist, being contingent to the context of
the discussion in which they are implemented. This is the reason
that makes the notion of reflexivity a prototypical example of the
difficulties encountered by Psychology - and more in general social
sciences -in the effort to define their own language. The term
"reflexivity" ? like many others the language of Psychology is full
of - is used in daily life and thus its semantics is shaped by the
pragmatic, contingent functions it serves in such communicational
circumstances. The apparent - from afar ? clearness of the concept
does not concern its conceptual, epistemic status, but the capacity
of the sign to contribute efficaciously to mediate and regulate the
exchange. The theoretical elaboration of the notion of reflexivity
can be seen as one of the ways of performing the challenging task
of developing an intentional language for Psychology. By working on
such a notion one can realize that common sense lies at the core of
psychological science and what it means to separate the former from
the latter, so as to pursue the foundational task of developing
Psychology as a theory?driven science.
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