Interpreting Human Kinds: Beginnings of a Hermeneutic Psychology

During the past decade, a number of theoretical psychologists have argued that the subject matter of psychology is distinct from that of the physical sciences in ways that require interpretation as a method of inquiry. Rejecting what they regard as a mistaken scientism in the conduct of traditional...

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Published in:Theory & psychology 2001-04, Vol.11 (2), p.193-207
Main Authors: Martin, Jack, Sugarman, Jeff
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