Construction in Contention: Toward Consequential Resolutions

Theory & Psychology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 419-432

  Gergen, Kenneth J ^a  

^a SWARTHMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

pragmatics; realism; self contradiction; social construction

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035628712     PISSN: 09593543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959354301113007     Document Type: Article

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