Facts, values, and the naturalistic fallacy in psychology

New Ideas in Psychology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-17

  Brinkmann, Svend ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Facts; Naturalistic fallacy; Normativity; Practices; Values

Indexed keywords

EID: 56949085184     PISSN: 0732118X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.newideapsych.2007.10.001     Document Type: Article

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