Against relativism in psychology, on balance

History of the Human Sciences

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 61-78

  Parker, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Critical realism; Ideology; Psychology; Relativism

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038957807     PISSN: 09526951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/09526959922120496     Document Type: Article

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