"This book provides an account of discursive or reason-governed cognition by synthesizing research in the philosophy of language, the philosophy of mind, and evolutionary anthropology. Using the grasp of a natural language as a model for the autonomous or self-governed rationali…
"This book provides an account of discursive or reason-governed cognition by synthesizing research in the philosophy of language, the philosophy of mind, and evolutionary anthropology. Using the grasp of a natural language as a model for the autonomous or self-governed rationali…
"This book provides an account of discursive or reason-governed cognition by synthesizing research in the philosophy of language, the philosophy of mind, and evolutionary anthropology. Using the grasp of a natural language as a model for the autonomous or self-governed rationali…
Discursive psychology in practice
Discursive psychology in practice
by Stearns, Peter N., Harre, Rom
fromRethinking psychology series
This text shows how to put discursive theoretical and methodological insights to work in the investigation of concrete problems in psychology. A range of traditional psychological topics are examined, from decision-making, memory and attributions to emotions, learning and the se…
Discursive psychology in practice
by Stearns, Peter N., Harre, Rom
fromRethinking psychology series
This text shows how to put discursive theoretical and methodological insights to work in the investigation of concrete problems in psychology. A range of traditional psychological topics are examined, from decision-making, memory and attributions to emotions, learning and the se…
In a reappraisal of some of the deepest debates in psychology this book details how the dominant cognitive approach to the subject of language fails, and makes a compelling case for understanding it as a kind of activity, as discourse.
For those already familiar with discursive work it will be a joy - Edwards writes with enormous clarity and insight. For psychologists whose work involves an understanding of the relations between language and cognition this book will be essential reading. This is a demanding bo…
In a reappraisal of some of the deepest debates in psychology this book details how the dominant cognitive approach to the subject of language fails, and makes a compelling case for understanding it as a kind of activity, as discourse.
