People and Societies Rom Harr}} and Designing the Social Sciences [Hardcover]

Rom Harr? has pushed the boundaries of our thinking about people and societies and has challenged the orthodox philosophy of science and social psychology. His countless books and articles have inspired generations of scholars in philosophy, psychology, linguistics, cognitive science and social theory. The diversity of his work makes that some see him as a leading figure in the critical realist school of philosophy of science, other as a key player in developing a social constructionist approach to psychology. The present volume brings together a careful selection of his key writings and presents them in a framework that stresses the evolution of his thinking as well as the place of his thinking in ongoing debates in different disciplines. The overall theme is the study of people and their ways of life. This is the first book that gives readers a systematic introduction in the conceptual universe of this towering figure.

1. Rom Harr? and the Exploration of the Human Umwelt, Luk Van Langenhove  Part 1: Epistemological and Ontological Foundations for the Social Sciences2. Studying the Social Realm in a Scientific Way, Luk Van Langenhove 3. The Anthropomorphic Model, Rom Harr? and Paul Secore4. A Metaphysics for Conservation: Speech-acts in People-space, Peter Muhlhauser and Rom Harr? 5. The Second Cognitive Revolution, Rom Harr? and Grant Gillet  Part 2: Conversations as the Primary Social Reality6. Conversation as the Primary Social Reality, Luk Van Langenhove7. Using Cognitive Tools to Perform Cognitive Tasks, Rom Harr?8. Grammar and Cognition,Rom Harr?9. Varieties of Positioning, Rom Harr? and Luk Van Langenhove10. Social Sources of Mental Content and Order, Rom Harr?  Part 3: Persons as Discursl#-