Reductionism Revisited: On the Role of Reduction in Psychology

Theory & Psychology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 453-474

  Barendregt, Marko ^a   Van Rappard, J F Hans ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; mind body problem; models of reduction; reductionism; theories

Indexed keywords

EID: 4043095496     PISSN: 09593543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959354304044920     Document Type: Article

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