Philosophical commitments, empirical evidence, and theoretical psychology

Theory & Psychology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 3-24

  Allen, Pamela M ^a   Clough, Sharyn ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

holism; Kuhn; philosophy of science; pragmatism; social psychology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922829257     PISSN: 09593543     EISSN: 14617447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959354314563324     Document Type: Article

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