On Methodological Distinctions: Nomothetic Psychology, or Historical Understanding

Theory & Psychology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 39-57

  Mos, Leendert P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

historical understanding; idiographic; methodology; value

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032331355     PISSN: 09593543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959354398081003     Document Type: Article

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