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Paradigms in theory construction

edited byLuciano L'Abate

Abstract

Paradigms in Theory Construction
Luciano L'Abate, editor

Without the framework of the paradigm supporting layers of theories,models, and data, our concept of science, and its shared mode of scholarly thought, would not exist. The concept is readily understood. But how did we get there?

Paradigms in Theory Construction classifies the collective worldviews that inform paradigms and clarifies the relationships between them, theories, and models in psychology, the hard sciences,and the social sciences. The book skillfully merges the philosophy of science with the history of scientific inquiry to explain how ideas take hold among populations,how paradigms are structured, whether they are based in logic, and under what circumstances paradigm shifts occur. Rich with historical and contemporary examples across disciplines, chapters examine the function of the paradigm for the community of scholars in major arenas of scientific pursuit, among them:

Details | Table of Contents

The systemic paradigm

the intersubjective–narrative approach versus the relational–generational one

Vittorio Cigoli Eugenia Scabini

pp.217-234

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-0914-4_12

Publication details

Publisher: Springer

Place: Dordrecht

Year: 2012

Pages: 458

ISBN (hardback): 978-1-4614-0913-7

ISBN (digital): 978-1-4614-0914-4

Full citation:

L'Abate Luciano (2012) Paradigms in theory construction. Dordrecht, Springer.