Toward a Pragmatic Psychology

Butt, Trevor (2013) Toward a Pragmatic Psychology. Journal of Constructivist Psychology, 26 (3). pp. 218-224. ISSN 1072-0537

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Abstract

In this article I want to expand on the pragmatism that runs through Being Human: Human Being in order to think about what a pragmatic psychology might look like. Baert (2005) argued that a pragmatist science has to begin with an acknowledgment of the different interests that might be behind inquiry. The aims of inquiry are linked to useful and appropriate methods. I argue that in personality and social psychology the focus should primarily be on achieving hermeneutic understanding, rather than on finding causal explanation.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology
Schools:	School of Human and Health Sciences
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Depositing User:	Cherry Edmunds
Date Deposited:	07 Oct 2013 14:19
Last Modified:	30 Mar 2018 11:00
URI:	http://eprints.hud.ac.uk/id/eprint/18828

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