Contextualism in Psychological Research?

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Contextualism in Psychological Research?

E. J. Capaldi - Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA
Robert W. Proctor - Purdue University, USA

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Psychology (General) | Research Methods & Evaluation (General)

September 1999 | 208 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc

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Contents

Providing a critical evaluation of the assets and limitations of contextualism for doing research in psychology and education, the authors compare contextualism, modified contextualism and mechanism as approaches to doing science, as well as their merits in studying closed versus open systems.

Contextualism

Its Definition, Origins, Current Manifestations and Allies

Philosophy of Science and Psychology

The Metaphilosophy of Stephen Pepper

Philosophic Contextualism and Modified Contextualism Described

Philosophic Contextualism and Academic Psychology

A Comparison and Evaluation

Developmental Contextualism and Academic Psychology

A Comparison and Evaluation

Functional Contextualism and Academic Psychology

A Comparison and Evaluation

Are Mainstream Psychology and the Various Contextualisms in Competition, and Should They Be?

Underdetermination, Incommensurability and Relativism

Downplaying Ontology

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A Critical Review

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