Unfolding social constructionism /

Hibberd, Fiona J.,

Unfolding social constructionism / by Fiona J. Hibberd. - xviii, 207 pages ; 24 cm. - History and philosophy of psychology . - History and philosophy of psychology. .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-198) and index.

Social constructionism as a metatheory of psychological science -- Relativism and self-refutation -- Non-factualism -- The received view of logical positivism and its relationship to social constructionism -- Conventionalism -- Meaning as use -- Phenomenalism and its analogue -- Conclusions and speculations. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

"This book examines social constructionism as a metatheory of psychology. It does not consider constructionist accounts of psycho-social phenomena, but it does assess certain assumptions which are said to underpin those accounts - assumptions which are primarily semantic and epistemological."--BOOK JACKET.

0387229744 9780387229744

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Social psychology.
Cultural relativism
Subjectivity

HM1033 / .H53 2005

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