Metascience scholars have long been concerned with tracking the use of rhetorical
language in scientific discourse, oftentimes to analyze the legitimacy and validity of scientific …

Why is consensus and clarity about the definition of entrepreneurship so elusive? The
central premise of this paper is that we can gain a better understanding of the problem of …

We explore in broad terms the uses of the construct concept in psychological and related
scientific discourses. First, we provide a brief history of the origins and development of the …

In this article, we review some important controversies about concepts in the philosophy of
psychology, focusing particularly on the theories of concepts developed in philosophy, on …

Concept analysis is an established genre of inquiry in nursing, introduced in the 1970s.
Currently, over 100 concept studies are published annually, yet the methods used within this …

I've argued that social science communities are uncertain about the relationships between
their objects of inquiry, their words, and their knowledge claims. The prob lem is hardly new …

The notion of essence in psychology is examined from a constructivist viewpoint. The
constructivist position is summarized and differentiated from social constructionism, after …

A Wittgensteinian perspective on the use of conceptual analysis in psychology A Wittgensteinian
Perspective on the Use of Conceptual Analysis in Psychology Timothy P. Racine Kathleen L …

The fundamental motivation for this research project is that listening is central to all musical
activities, and that semiotic means for visualizing, representing, and conceptualizing music …

The present analysis proposes a non-mediational approach to the study of affective
phenomena. It starts off with the common recognition that “emotion” is not a technical term …