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1 online resource (xiv, 458 pages) : illustrations |
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The Role of Paradigms in Science and Theory Construction / William A. Hillix and Luciano L'Abate -- The Role of Paradigms in Science: A Historical Perspective / Corinna Guerra, Mario Capitelli, and Savino Longo -- Evolving Scientific Paradigms: Retrospective and Prospective / Willis F. Overton -- Anthropology / Luciano L'Abate -- Parallel Paradigms of Artists and Authors / Laura G. Sweeney -- Economics / Luciano L'Abate -- Education / Laura G. Sweeney -- Sociology / Alberto L'Abate -- Biopsychosocial / Beatrice L. Wood -- Interbehaviorism / Mitch J. Fryling and Linda J. Hayes -- Reflections on Personality Systematics and a Unified Clinical Science / Jeffrey J. Magnavita -- The Systemic Paradigm: The Intersubjective-Narrative Approach Versus the Relational-Generational One / Vittorio Cigoli and Eugenia Scabini -- Constructivism / Alexander Riegler -- Materialism / Luciano L'Abate -- Explicating and Exemplifying Empiricist and Cognitivist Paradigms in the Study of Human Learning / Sandra M. Loughlin and Patricia A. Alexander -- Humanism and Behaviorism / David Ryback -- Existentialism / Mario Cusinato -- Information Processing / Piero De Giacomo, Luisa Mich, Carlos Santamaria, Laura G. Sweeney, and Andrea De Giacomo -- Reductionism -- Gary G. Berntson and John T. Cacioppo -- Produced and Spontaneous Emergent Interactionism / Walter Colesso -- The Emergence of Reason, Intelligence, and Language in Humans and Animals / William A. Hillix, Duane M. Rumbaugh, and E. Sue Savage-Rumbaugh -- Essentialism / Luciano L'Abate -- Criteria and Processes in Paradigm Selection / Luciano L'Abate and Laura G. Sweeney |
| Summary |
Paradigms in Theory Construction Luciano LAbate, editor Without the framework of the paradigm supporting layers of theories, models, and data, our concept of science, and its shared mode of scholarly thought, would not exist. The concept is readily understood. But how did we get there? Paradigms in Theory Construction classifies the collective worldviews that inform paradigms and clarifies the relationships between them, theories, and models in psychology, the hard sciences, and the social sciences. The book skillfully merges the philosophy of science with the history of scientific inquiry to explain how ideas take hold among populations, how paradigms are structured, whether they are based in logic, and under what circumstances paradigm shifts occur. Rich with historical and contemporary examples across disciplines, chapters examine the function of the paradigm for the community of scholars in major arenas of scientific pursuit, among them: The impact of paradigms on the evolution of science. Paradigms in educational theory and practice. Artistic, verbal, and visual paradigms. General-integrative paradigms, including biopsychosocial, interbehavioral, constructionism, and materialism. Particular-specific paradigms: humanism, behaviorism, existentialism, and others. The emergence of reason, intelligence, and language. Among all the paradigms included in this volume, information processing has become the reigning paradigm for this century. A novel take on how the scientific mind works, Paradigms in Theory Construction will find an engaged audience among general psychologists and those interested in or studying popular science or the history of science |
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Philosophy (General) |
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Science -- Philosophy |
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Psychology |
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General Psychology |
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Philosophy of Science |
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psychologie |
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wetenschapsfilosofie |
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Psychology (General) |
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Psychologie (algemeen) |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Science -- Philosophy.
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Paradigm (Theory of knowledge)
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Philosophy.
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Science.
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Knowledge
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Philosophy
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Science
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philosophy.
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sciences (philosophy)
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science (modern discipline)
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SCIENCE -- Philosophy & Social Aspects.
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Science
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Philosophy
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Paradigm (Theory of knowledge)
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Science -- Philosophy
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
L'Abate, Luciano, 1928-2016
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| ISBN |
9781461409144 |
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1461409144 |
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