Is Conceptual Diversity an Advantage for Scientific Inquiry? A Case Study on the Concept of ‘Gesture’ in Comparative Psychology
| Autor: | Hélène Cochet, Sandra Molesti, Marie Bourjade, Michèle Guidetti |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Cognition, Langues, Langage, Ergonomie (CLLE), École Pratique des Hautes Études (EPHE), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Toulouse - Jean Jaurès (UT2J), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Toulouse Mind & Brain Institut (TMBI), Université Toulouse - Jean Jaurès (UT2J), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT), Centre de Recherche en Psychologie de la Connaissance, du Langage et de l'Émotion (PsyCLÉ), Aix Marseille Université (AMU) |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
| Předmět: |
Cultural Studies
Psychology Comparative Social Psychology Computer science media_common.quotation_subject 050109 social psychology primate 050105 experimental psychology Multidisciplinary approach Comparative research behavioristic/mentalistic interpretation Humans 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Applied Psychology media_common Cognitive science Comparative psychology pointing Gestures communication 05 social sciences Comparability Cognition Philosophy intention Anthropology [SCCO.PSYC]Cognitive science/Psychology Coherence (linguistics) Diversity (politics) Gesture |
| Zdroj: | Integrative Psychological and Behavioral Science Integrative Psychological and Behavioral Science, 2020, 54 (4), pp.805-832. ⟨10.1007/s12124-020-09516-5⟩ |
| ISSN: | 1932-4502 1936-3567 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s12124-020-09516-5⟩ |
| Popis: | International audience; Growing scientific fields often involve multidisciplinary investigations in which the same concepts may have different meanings. Here, we examine the case of ‘gesture’ in comparative research to depict how conceptual diversity hidden by the label ‘gesture’ can lead to consistently divergent interpretations in humans and nonhuman primates. We show that definitions of ‘gesture’ drastically differ regarding the forms of a gesture and the cognitive processes inferred from it, and that these differences emerge from implicit assumptions which have pervasive consequences on the interpretations claimed by researchers. We then demonstrate that implicit assumptions about scientific concepts can be made explicit using a finite set of operational criteria. We argue that developing theoretical definitions systematically associated with operational conceptual boundaries would allow to tackle both the challenges of maintaining high internal coherence within studies and of improving comparability and replicability of scientific results. We thus offer an easy-to-implement conceptual tool that should help ground valid comparisons between studies and serve scientific inquiry. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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