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Unfolding social constructionism / by Fiona J. Hibberd.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: History and philosophy of psychologyPublisher: New York : Springer, [2005]Copyright date: ©2005Description: xviii, 207 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0387229744
  • 9780387229744
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 302 22
LOC classification:
  • HM1033 .H53 2005
Contents:
1. Social constructionism as a metatheory of psychological science -- 2. Relativism and self-refutation -- 3. Non-factualism -- 4. The received view of logical positivism and its relationship to social constructionism -- 5. Conventionalism -- 6. Meaning as use -- 7. Phenomenalism and its analogue -- 8. Conclusions and speculations.
Review: "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.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-198) and index.

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

"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.

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