Toward Transformation in Social Knowledge by K. J. Gergen.

This century has been characterized by a strong and pervasive belief in "certainty through science. " It is a belief that has been nurtured by philosophers, scientists, and governing bodies alike. And, where vocal reassurance has failed to convince, modem technology has more than compensat...

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Main Author: Gergen, K. J. (Author)
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Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 1982.
Edition:1st ed. 1982.
Series:Springer Series in Social Psychology
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505 0 |a 1. Traditional Science in a World of Change -- Assumptive Bases in the Sociobehavioral Sciences -- The Threat of Instability -- Decomposing Patterned Behavior -- Fundamental Assumptions Revisited: The Hypothesis Test -- The Retrenchment of Traditional Science -- 2. The Communal Basis of Social Knowledge -- A Dilemma Solved and a Crisis Created -- Science and the Dilemma of Identification -- Descriptive Language: From Neurons to Nurturance -- The Revitalization of Theory -- The Significance of Empirical Research -- 3. Generative Theory and Degenerative Metatheory -- The Impact on Theory of Logical Empiricist Metatheory -- Methodological Selection and Theoretical Constraint: The Controlled Experiment -- Metatheoretical Constraints on Generative Theory -- The Development of Generative Theory -- 4. The Turning Point in Life-Span Study -- From the Stable to the Aleatory in Developmental Trajectory -- The Emergence of Autonomous Self-Direction -- The Functional Utility of Life-Span Theory -- 5. The Historical Context of Transformation -- The Pivotal Conflict: Exogenic versus Endogenic World Views -- The Struggle toward a New Science -- Metatheoretical Bases for a Unified Alternative -- Toward a Sociorationalism -- References -- Author Index. 
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