Philosophy of Social Science

Topic Reference File
Defining Psychology

Slife, B. D. (2005). Testing the limits of Henriques' proposal: Wittgensteinian lessons and hermeneutic dialogue. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 61, 1 - 14.

Levinasian Epistemology

Clegg, J.W. & Slife, B.D. (2005). Epistemology and the hither side: a Levinasian account of relational knowing. European Journal of Psychotherapy, Counseling, and Health, 7(1), 65-76.

Methodological pluralism

Slife, B. D., & Gantt, E. (1999). Methodological pluralism: A framework for psychotherapy research. Journal of Clinical Psychology. 55 (12), 1 - 13.

Raising Consciousness of Researchers

Slife, B. D. (1998). Raising the consciousness of researchers: Hidden assumptions in the behavioral sciences. Adapted Physical Activity Quarterly, 15 (3), 208 - 221.

Theistic scientific method

Slife, B.D. & Richard, S. (April, 2005). Toward a theistic approach to psychological method. Paper presented at the meeting of the Psychology of Religion, Columbus, Maryland.

Postmodern Research Ethics

Clegg, J., & Slife, B.D.  (in press).  Research ethics in the postmodern context.  In D. Mertens & P. Ginsberg (Eds.), Handbook of social research ethics.  Thousand Oaks, CA:  Sage Publications.

Psychology's Prejudice Against Theism

Slife, B.D., & Reber, J.S.  (2009).  Is there a pervasive bias against theism in psychology?  Journal of Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology. Fall, 2009, Vol. 29, No. 2.

Psychology's Prejudice Against Theism's Prejudice

Slife, B. D., & Reber, J. S.  (in press).  The prejudice against prejudice:  A reply to the comments.  Journal of Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology, Fall 2009, Vol. 29, No. 2.

 

Evaluating theory: Dualist and Nondualist approaches to truth

Slife, B.D., & Richardson, M.  (in press).  Evaluating the philosophies of theory-building in case studies.  Pragmatic Case Studies in Psychotherapy.