Psychology, Biology and Social Relations.
Contemporary psychologists seem to pull in two theoretical directions, namely the reduction of mind to brain and the dissolution of mind in society. Against these dominant trends, this article employs the tools of critical realism to argue for the resuscitation in the discipline, psychology, of an o...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Critical Realism Vol. 3; no. 1; pp. 49 - 77 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
2004
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