Positive Psychology and Philosophy of Social Science

Theory & Psychology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 605-627

  Richardson, Frank C ^a   Guignon, Charles B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

dialogic understanding; Gadamer's hermeneutics; philosophical hermeneutics; philosophy of social science; positive psychology; social constructionism

Indexed keywords

EID: 51749112491     PISSN: 09593543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959354308093398     Document Type: Article

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