Enactivism and the experiential reality of culture: Rethinking the epistemological basis of cultural psychology

Culture and Psychology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 183-206

  Baerveldt, Cor ^a   Verheggen, Theo ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cultural psychology; Embodiment; Enactivism; Epistemology; Experiential reality

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033244509     PISSN: 1354067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1354067X9952006     Document Type: Article

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