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Assumptions of Social Psychology - A Reexamination (Hardcover)
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Assumptions of Social Psychology - A Reexamination (Hardcover)
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This book is a thorough revision of the successful Assumptions of
Social Psychology, first published in 1969. Reexamining the
implicit and explicit assumptions concerning inquiry as to the
nature of the human organism, it takes as its major thesis the idea
that the epistemologies utilized by social psychologists --
encompassing behavioral, intentional, and historical analyses --
are complementary rather than contradictory. After examining key
figures in the history of Western epistemology, such as Descartes,
Vico, Hume, and Kant, contemporary issues such as the nature of
causation, intentions, behavior, rhetoric, and hermeneutics are
discussed. A major thesis is that the epistemologies utilized by
social scientists encompassing behavioral, cognitive, and
historical analyses are complimentary rather than contradictory. In
order to demonstrate this, the historical underpinnings of social
psychological epistemologies and an argument for the
complimentarity of major social psychological theoretical
approaches are developed. Most importantly, some of the
possibilities for building explanation of social phenomena, which
are alternatives to existing forms of explanation, are discussed.
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