A philosophical reflection on the epistemology and methodology of indigenous psychologies
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Asian Journal of Social Psychology 8 (1): 5-17
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Asian Journal Of Social Psychology
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5
Date Issued
2005
Date
2005
Author(s)
Hwang, Kwang-Kuo
Abstract
In order to answer the three crucial questions (why, what and how) about the development of indigenous psychology, three levels of breakthrough need to be made, namely, philosophical reflection, theoretical construction and empirical research. The controversial issues that have occurred in the earlier development of indigenous psychology are analyzed in terms of the switch in Western philosophy of science from positivism to post‐positivism. Based on this analysis, it is argued that indigenous psychologists should construct formal theories illustrating the functioning of the human mind that may be applicable to various cultures, and then use these theories to study the particular mentalities of people in a given culture with the scientific methods of empirical research.
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