Psychological Symbiosis: Personalistic and Constructionist Considerations

Theory & Psychology

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 847-876

  Tissaw, Michael A ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

foundationalism; intersubjectivity; psychological symbiosis; psychologist's fallacy; reciprocity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034358669     PISSN: 09593543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959354300106009     Document Type: Article

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