Bøger af Donald E. Polkinghorne

Fra universiteterne uddannes der psykologer som aldrig før, og opgaver og arbejdssteder for psykologer forskellige steder i samfundet er i vækst. Psykologi vokser således både som akademisk fag på universiteterne og som professionsfelt. Sommetider er universitetet og professionen i dynamisk samspil, og andre gange lever de hvert deres liv og bevæger sig i forskellige retninger.De fleste psykologer gives legitimitet i samfundet på baggrund af deres akademiske titel, og universitetsforankringen af psykologers virke fremhæves ofte som en kvalitetssikring af virket i forhold til psykoterapeuter på det såkaldte "grå marked". Men er det overhovedet muligt for den enkelte psykolog at koble mellem forsknings- og professionspraksis, og kan viden erhvervet på universitetet være meningsfuld for professionsudøvelse? Bogen tematiserer dilemmaer i dette felt, der er nærværende for både forskere, praktikere og ikke mindst psykologistuderende, der har som mål at bevæge sig fra forsknings- til praktikerverdenen.  Bogen er redigeret af Svend Brinkmann, adjunkt i social- og personlighedspsykologi ved Århus Universitet, og Lene Tanggaard, adjunkt i pædagogisk psykologi ved Aalborg Universitet. Den indeholder bidrag fra såvel danske som udenlandske kapaciteter: Espen Hougaard, Gudrun Olsson, Donald Polkinghorne, Steinar Kvale, Claus Elmholdt, Fransisco Pons, Pierre-André Doudin, Frédérique Cuisinier, Seth Chaiklin og Søren Willert.

Methodology for the Human Sciences addresses the growing need for a comprehensive textbook that surveys the emerging body of literature on human science research and clearly describes procedures and methods for carrying out new research strategies. It provides an overview of developing methods, describes their commonalities and variations, and contains practical information on how to implement strategies in the field. In it, Donald Polkinghorne calls for a renewal of debate over which methods are appropriate for the study of human beings, proposing that the results of the extensive changes in the philosophy of science since 1960 call for a reexamination of the original issues of this debate.The book traces the history of the deliberations from Mill and Dilthey to Hempel and logical positivism, examines recently developed systems of inquiry and their importance for the human sciences, and relates these systems to the practical problems of doing research on topics related to human experience. It discusses historical realism, systems and structures, phenomenology and hermeneutics, action theory, and the implications recent systems have for a revised human science methodology.

This book expands the concept of the nature of science and provides a practical research alternative for those who work with people and organizations.Using literary criticism, philosophy, and history, as well as recent developments in the cognitive and social sciences, Narrative Knowing and the Human Sciences shows how to use research information organized by the narrative form-such information as clinical life histories, organizational case studies, biographic material, corporate cultural designs, and literary products. The relationship between the narrative format and classical and statistical and experimental designs is clarified and made explicit. Suggestions for doing research are given as well as criteria for judging the accuracy and quality of narrative research results.