William James's "psychologist's fallacy" and contemporary human science research

• Published in: International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being Vol. 4; no. 4; pp. 195 - 206
• Main Author: Ashworth, Peter D
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Informa UK Ltd. (Informa Healthcare, Taylor & Francis AS) 2009; Taylor & Francis
• Subjects: epochē; human science; methodology; phenomenology; psychologist's fallacy; William James

Abstract William James (1950/1890) insisted repeatedly that it was fallacious to assume that the research participant's experience was to be understood in terms of the readily-available categories of the researcher. The psychologist's fallacy (of which all researchers concerned with experi...