The Wiley Handbook of Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology presents a comprehensive exploration of the wide range of methodological approaches utilized in the contemporary field of theoretical and philosophical psychology.

The Wiley Handbook of Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology presents a comprehensive exploration of the wide range of methodological approaches utilized in the contemporary field of theoretical and philosophical psychology.Gathers together for the first time all the approaches and methods that define scholarly practice in theoretical and philosophical psychologyChapters explore various philosophical and conceptual approaches, historical approaches, narrative approaches to the nature of human conduct, mixed-method studies of psychology and psychological inquiry, and various theoretical bases of contemporary psychotherapeutic practicesFeatures contributions from ten Past Presidents of the Society of Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology, along with several Past Presidents of other relevant societies

Jack Martin is Burnaby Mountain Professor of Psychology at Simon Fraser University, Canada. He is a Fellow of the Canadian and American Psychological Associations, and a Past President of the Society for Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology. His most recent books includeThe Education of Selves: How Psychology Transformed Students (2013) andThe Psychology of Personhood (2013).

Jeff Sugarman is Professor of Education and Psychology at Simon Fraser University, Canada. He is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association and the American Educational Research Association, and a Past President of the Society for Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology. He is the co-author ofPersons: Understanding Psychological Selfhood and Agency (2010),Psychology and the Question of Agency (2003), andThe Psychology of Human Possibility and Constraint (1999).

Kathleen Slaney is Associate Professor in the History, Quantitative, and Theoretical Psychology area of the Department of Psychology at Simon Fraser University, Canada. She was awarded the Sigmund Koch Award for Early Career Contributions to Psychology from the Society for Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology, and is co-editor ofA Wittgensteinian Perspective on the Use of Conceptual Analysis in Psychology (2013).

About the Contributors viii

Acknowledgments xv

1 Editors Introduction 1Jack Martin, Jeff Sugarman, and Kathleen L. Slaney

Part I Philosophical/Conceptual Approaches 21

2 Philosophical Anthropology 23Matthew LaVine and Michael A. Tissaw

3 Conceptual Analysis 39Timothy P. Racine

4 Philosophical Hermeneutics 53Frank C. Richardson

5 An Aristotelian Analysis of the Structure of Human Action 70Blaine J. Fowers

6 Phenomenology: Methods, Historical Development, and Applications in Psychology 85Frederick J. Wertz

7 Theory for and as Social Practice of Realizing the Future: Implications from a Transformative Activist Stance 102Anna Stetsenko

8 Rhetoric and Psychology: Ending the Dominance of Nouns 117Michael Billig and Cristina Marinho

Part II Historical Approaches 133

9 Historical Thinking as a Tool for Theoretical Psychology: On Objectivity 135Thomas Teo

10 The History of Psychological Objects 151Adrian Charles Brock

11 Historical Ontology 166Jeff Sugarman

12 Historiometry 183Dean Keith Simonton

13 Statistical Thinking in Psychological Research: In Quest of Clarity through Historical Inquiry and Conceptual Analysis 200James T. Lamiell

Part III Narrative and Social Psychological Approaches 217

14 Narrative Psychology and Life Stories 219Ruthellen Josselson and Brent Hopkins

15 Narrative Hermeneutics 234Mark Freeman

16 Life Positioning Analysis 248Jack Martin

17 Positioning Theory 263Rom Harré

18 The Personal Position Repertoire (PPR) Method as Based on Dialogical Self Theory 277Hubert J.M. Hermans

19 Subjectivity as Socioculturally Constituted Experience 293Suzanne R. Kirschner

20 A Transdisciplinary Psychosocial Approach 308Paul Stenner

Part IV Theoretical Studies of Scientific, Professional, and Life Practices 325

21 Allies in Interdisciplinary Spaces: Theoretical Psychology and Science Studies 327Kareen Ror Malone and Lisa M. Osbeck

22 Im Not That Kind of Psychologist: A Case for Methodological Pragmatism in Theoretical Inquiries into Psychological Science Practices 343Kathleen L. Slaney

23 The Value of Experiments in Psychology 359Jan Smedslund

24 Feminism and Theoretical Psychology 374Alexandra Rutherford, Kate Sheese, and Nora Ruck

25 Surprisability and Practical Rationality: Knowledge Advancement through the Explication of Interpretation 392Brent D. Slife, Clayton T. Johnson, and Amy C. Jennings

26 Empirical Philosophy: Using Your Everyday Life in Theoretical Psychology 409Svend Brinkmann

27 Theoretical Bases of Psychotherapeutic Practices 424John Chambers Christopher, Samuel C. Gable, and David M. Goodman

28 Contemporary Psychoanalysis: The Post-Cartesian Turn in Theory and Practice 441Roger Frie

Index 458