书目名称 | Realism and Psychological Science | 编辑 | David J. F. Maree | 视频video | | 概述 | Provides a model of realism namely naturalist realism which postulates one ontology for both the natural and social/psychological domains.Focuses on the discipline of psychology from a new perspective | 图书封面 |  | 描述 | The book provides an argument why realism is a viable metatheoretical framework for psychological science. By looking at some variations of realism such as scientific realism, critical realism, situational realism and Ferraris’ new realism, a realist view of science is outlined that can feature as a metatheory for psychological science. Realism is a necessary correction for the mythical image of science responsible for and maintained by a number of dichotomies and polarities in psychology. Thus, the quantitative-qualitative dichotomy, scientist-practitioner polarity and positivist-constructionist opposition feed off and maintains a mythic image of science on levels of practice, methods and metatheory. Realism makes a clear distinction between ontology and epistemic access to reality, the latter which easily fits with softer versions of constructionism, and the former which grounds science in resistance and possibility, loosely translated as criticism. By taking science as a critical activity an issue such as the quantitative imperative looses its defining force as a hallmark of science - it provides epistemic access to certain parts of reality. In addition, essentially critical ac | 出版日期 | Book 2020 | 关键词 | Quantitative/Qualitative Division in Psychological Science; Realism in Psychological Science; Mythic I | 版次 | 1 | doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-45143-1 | isbn_softcover | 978-3-030-45145-5 | isbn_ebook | 978-3-030-45143-1 | copyright | Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020 |
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