On the ontology of psychological attributes

Theory & Psychology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 752-769

  Maul, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological naturalism; constructs; latent variables; ontology; philosophy of mind; psychological attributes; psychological measurement; psychometrics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890889057     PISSN: 09593543     EISSN: 14617447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959354313506273     Document Type: Article

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