Rapprochement versus Thinking in Oppositions

Sampson comments on R. Keith Sawyer's concerning the state of contemporary psychology. The question now is not whether it is Account X or Account Y, individual or society, genes or environment, reductionism or holism, or whatever, that marks the future of human understanding, but rather how the...

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Published inHuman development Vol. 45; no. 1; pp. 29 - 33
Main Author Sampson, Edward E.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Basel, Switzerland S. Karger AG 01.01.2002
Subjects
Area studies
Boundaries
Commentary
Constructivism (Learning)
Culture
Human development
Ideology
Individualism
Individuals
Psychology
Resistance (Psychology)
Sawyer, R Keith
Science
Scientific Principles
Social construction
Society
Science
Rapprochement
Culture
Individualism
Social constructionism
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Summary:Sampson comments on R. Keith Sawyer's concerning the state of contemporary psychology. The question now is not whether it is Account X or Account Y, individual or society, genes or environment, reductionism or holism, or whatever, that marks the future of human understanding, but rather how the very boundaries between individual and society, genes and environment, and so on, that had once seemed so sharply carved are now much more fuzzy, muting many of the issues that have plagued heritage while opening new ways of directing understanding.
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ISSN:0018-716X
1423-0054
DOI:10.1159/000048149