The Catalyzing Mind : Beyond Models of Causality. 1st ed. 2014

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edited by Kenneth R. Cabell, Jaan Valsiner

出版情報:

New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2014

著者名:

• Cabell, Kenneth R.
• Valsiner, Jaan.
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シリーズ名:

Annals of Theoretical Psychology ; 11

ISBN:

9781461488217 [1461488214]    

注記:

Annals of Theoretical Psychology: A Reintroduction. Craig Gruber, Jaan Valsiner, Matthew Clark and Sven Hroar Klempe -- Systematic Systemics: Causality, Catalysis, and Developmental Cybernetics. Kenneth R. Cabell and Jaan Valsiner -- Breaking The Arrows of Causality: The Idea of Catalysis in its Making. Jaan Valsiner -- Cause and Catalyst: A Differentiation. Alaric Kohler -- Catalysis, Cause, and Explanation: An Interdisciplinary Inquiry. Sven Hroar Klempe -- Semiotic Scaffolding: A Biosemiotic Link Between Sema and Soma. Jesper Hoffmeyer -- Catalysis and Scaffolding in Semiotic. Kalevi Kull -- A Systemic Approach to Cultural Diffusion and Reconstruction. Brady Wagoner -- Catalysis and Morphogenesis: The Contextual Semiotic Configuration of Form, Function, and Fields of Experience. Raffaele De Luc Picione and Maria Francesco Freda -- Exploring the Role of Catalyzing Agents in the Transition to Adulthood: A Longitudinal Case Study with Brazilian Youth. Elsa de Mattos and Antonio Marcos Chaves -- Catalysts and
How do we understand and explain phenomena in psychology? What does the concept of “causality” mean when we discuss higher psychological functions and behavior? Is it possible to generate “laws” in a psychological and behavioral science—laws that go beyond statistical regularities, frequencies, and probabilities? An international group of authors compare and contrast the use of a causal model in psychology with a newer model—the catalytic model. The Catalyzing Mind: Beyond Models of Causality proposes an approach to the qualitative nature of psychological phenomena that focuses on the psychological significance and meaning of conditions, contexts, and situations as well as their sign-mediating processes. Contributors develop, apply, and criticize the notion of a catalyzing mind in hopes of achieving conceptual clarity and rigor. Disciplines such as philosophy, psychology, semiotics and biosemiotics are used for an interdisciplinary approach to the book. Research topics such as history and national identity, i

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