This book examines the origins, presence, and implications of scientistic thinking in psychology. Scientism embodies the claim that only knowledge attained by means of natural scientific methods counts as valid and valuable. This perspective increasingly dominates thinking and practice in psychology and is seldom acknowledged as anything other than standard scientific practice. This book seeks to make this intellectual movement explicit and to detail the very real limits in both role and reach of science in psychology. The critical chapters in this volume present an alternative perspective to the scholarly mainstreams of the discipline and will be of value to scholars and students interested in the scientific status and the philosophical bases of psychology as a discipline.
Edwin E. Gantt & Richard N. Williams
On Hijacking Science [PDF ebook]
Exploring the Nature and Consequences of Overreach in Psychology
On Hijacking Science [PDF ebook]
Exploring the Nature and Consequences of Overreach in Psychology
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Language English ● Format PDF ● Pages 144 ● ISBN 9781351062589 ● Editor Edwin E. Gantt & Richard N. Williams ● Publisher Taylor and Francis ● Published 2018 ● Downloadable 3 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 6562158 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM
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