Emergence in psychology: Lessons from the history of non-reductionist science

Human Development

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 2-28

  Sawyer, R Keith ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive science; Emergence; History; Reductionism; Socioculturalism

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; EVOLUTION; GESTALT THERAPY; PSYCHOLOGY; SCIENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOLOGY; THEORY;

EID: 0036040985     PISSN: 0018716X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000048148     Document Type: Article

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4. Introduction
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10. Introduction
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