Abstract
Psychology's Fragmentation and Neglect of Foundational Assumptions: An Interview With Fiona J. Hibberd.
Highlights
The conceptual fragmentation of Psychology has evoked a variety of responses
Any attempt to unify Psychology, she argues, requires firstly recognizing how coherent theorizing, modelling, and methodology can only emerge from an understanding of first principles, i.e., metaphysics
Fiona Hibberd: My view is that philosophical psychology is a subdiscipline in the trivial sense that we make disciplinary distinctions, in part, for social and institutional reasons
Summary
Her research addresses historical and philosophical issues in science, with particular focus on Psychology (e.g., Hibberd, 2009, 2010, 2016) and includes one of the most comprehensive critiques of social constructionism as a metatheory (Hibberd, 2001a, 2001b, 2002, 2005). This means evaluating the conceptual or philosophical presuppositions involved in psychology’s research methods, in its theories and models, and in the practice of Davood Gozli: Your description clarifies the pervasive role of Correspondence: School of Psychology, University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia.
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