Transactionalism: Occupational Science and the Pragmatic Attitude

Occupational Science: Society, Inclusion, Participation

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 21-37

  Cutchin, Malcolm P ^a,b   Dickie, Virginia A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Focus on individual experiences and meanings; Meyer, on occupational therapy, new American philosophy of pragmatism; Occupational science, the pragmatic attitude; Pragmatic attitude and transactionalism; Pragmatism, notion of theory, the difference it makes in the world; Problems of 'adaptation to the environment'; Situating occupation, part of larger contextual dynamics; Transactional view of occupation; Transactionalism and Deweyan pragmatic attitude, making a difference; Understanding occupation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886659285     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118281581.ch3     Document Type: Chapter

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