A coherent metatheory for dynamic systems: Relational organicism- contextualism

Human Development

Volumn 50, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 154-159

  Overton, Willis F ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contextualism; Dynamic systems; Mechanism; Metatheory; Organicism; Relational metatheory

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY; DYNAMICS; METAPHYSICS; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY;

EID: 34249998403     PISSN: 0018716X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000100944     Document Type: Note

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