Metaphor in Empirical Psychology
Autor: | Rami Gabriel |
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Rok vydání: | 2023 |
Zdroj: | A Suspicious Science ISBN: 0197513581 |
DOI: | 10.1093/oso/9780197513583.003.0003 |
Popis: | Metaphors of mind and their elaboration into models serve a crucial explanatory role in psychology. The use of analogy to direct observation and interpretation of evidence is foundational. Some of the predominant metaphors employed in empirical psychology in the last 150 is presented. In this chapter, an attempt is made to describe how biology and engineering provide the predominant metaphors for contemporary psychology. A contrast between the discursive and descriptive functions of metaphor use in theory construction serves as a platform for deliberation upon the pragmatic consequences of models derived therefrom. The conclusion contains reflections upon the possibility of an integrative interdisciplinary psychology. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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