Positivism in psychology

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Springer, Dordrecht

1992

221 Pages

ISBN 978-0-387-97700-3

Recent Research in Psychology

Positivism in psychology

historical and contemporary problems

Edited by

Charles W. Tolman

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, itis 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.

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

Table of Contents

Introduction

Tolman Charles W.

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