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Publisher: Springer

Place: Berlin

Year: 1988

Pages: 107-116

ISBN (Hardback): 9780387967578

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René van Hezewijk, "Interpretation styles of psychologists and their consequences for psychology", in: Recent trends in theoretical psychology, Berlin, Springer, 1988

Interpretation styles of psychologists and their consequences for psychology

René van Hezewijk

pp. 107-116

in: Leendert Mos (ed), Recent trends in theoretical psychology, Berlin, Springer, 1988

Abstract

One source of (dis)unity in psychology is often ignored, namely differences among psychologists in the way they relate theories and data to the world. Personal differences between interpretation styles contribute to disunity and discontinuity within psychology. The same data as well as the same concepts and theories may be interpreted in different ways, thereby adding fuel to misunderstanding, apparent "incommensurability', etc. In this paper two opposite styles of interpretation are introduced. The works of Hermann von Helmholtz and Ernst Mach serve as examples. The paper concludes by noting the consequences of different interpretation styles in contemporary psychology.

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Publication details

Publisher: Springer

Place: Berlin

Year: 1988

Pages: 107-116

ISBN (Hardback): 9780387967578

Full citation:

René van Hezewijk, "Interpretation styles of psychologists and their consequences for psychology", in: Recent trends in theoretical psychology, Berlin, Springer, 1988