Deutsche Gesellschaft
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Positivism in psychology

historical and contemporary problems

herausgegeben vonCharles W. Tolman

Abstrakt

Positivism needs further scrutiny. In recent years, there has been little consensus about the nature of positivism or about the precise forms its influence has taken on psychological theory. One symptom of this lack of clarity has been that ostensibly anti-positivist psychological theorizing is frequently found reproducing one or more distinctively positivist assumptions. The contributors to this volume believe that, while virtually every theoretically engaged psychologist today openly rejects positivism in both its 19th century and 20th century forms, it is indispensable to look at positivism from all sides and to appraise its role and importance in order to make possible the further development of psychological theory.

Details | Inhaltsverzeichnis

The demise of logical positivism

implications of the duhem-quine thesis for psychology

Henderikus J. Stam

pp.17-24

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-4402-8_3

Publication details

Publisher: Springer

Ort: Dordrecht

Year: 1992

Seiten: 221

Series: Recent Research in Psychology

ISBN (hardback): 978-0-387-97700-3

ISBN (digital): 978-1-4612-4402-8

Referenz:

Tolman Charles W. (1992) Positivism in psychology: historical and contemporary problems. Dordrecht, Springer.