Michael A. Peters a, Liz Jackson b, Marianna Papastephanou c, Petar Jandrić d, George
Lazaroiu e, Colin W. Evers f, Bill Cope g, Mary Kalantzis g, Daniel Araya h, Marek Tesar i …

According to many biologists, explaining the evolution of morphological novelty and
behavioral innovation are central endeavors in contemporary evolutionary biology. These …

Effective and ethical psychological practice relies on good science, and good science takes
theory construction very seriously, as seriously as data collection. There is little point in …

Analytic philosophers once pantomimed physics: they tried to understand the world by
breaking it down into the smallest possible bits. Thinkers from the Darwinian sciences now …

Christine Swanton offers a new, comprehensive theory of virtue ethics which addresses the
major concerns of modern ethical theory from a character-based perspective. The book …

Without question, the study of leadership has a long and rich history within the
organizational sciences despite varying attitudes toward the topic. 1 For example …

In this chapter, a broad abductive theory of scientific method is described that has particular
relevance for the behavioural sciences. This theory of method assembles a complex of …

Charles S. Peirce argued that, besides deduction and induction, there is a third mode of
inference which he called “hypothesis” or “abduction.” He characterized abduction as …

Reasoning in Biological Discoveries brings together a series of essays, which focus on one
of the most heavily debated topics of scientific discovery. Collected together and richly …

A broad theory of research methodology for psychology and the behavioral sciences that
offers a coherent treatment of a range of behavioral research methods. This book considers …