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Chapter 1 - Change, the Final Frontier

Introducing a Process Approach to Psychology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2022

Paul van Geert  and
Naomi de Ruiter
Paul van Geert
Affiliation:
Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, The Netherlands
Naomi de Ruiter
Affiliation:
Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, The Netherlands
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A conceptual foundation for a process approach in psychology is provided, including the characteristics of a ‘process’ and a process ontology (or metaphysics) and its philosophical roots. We describe how this approach contrasts substantialism and a substance ontology. Here, we introduce what our envisioned process-approach implies for realism, where we discuss the stance that the construal of reality is constructed. With this, we position ourselves as critical realists.

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process ontologysubstance ontologysubstantialismprocesualismprocess philosophycritical realismbracketingHeraclitus
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Toward a Process Approach in Psychology
Stepping into Heraclitus' River
 , pp. 7 - 24
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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  • Change, the Final Frontier
  • Paul van Geert, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, The Netherlands, Naomi de Ruiter, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, The Netherlands
  • Book: Toward a Process Approach in Psychology
  • Online publication: 14 July 2022
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108859189.002
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  • Change, the Final Frontier
  • Paul van Geert, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, The Netherlands, Naomi de Ruiter, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, The Netherlands
  • Book: Toward a Process Approach in Psychology
  • Online publication: 14 July 2022
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108859189.002
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  • Change, the Final Frontier
  • Paul van Geert, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, The Netherlands, Naomi de Ruiter, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, The Netherlands
  • Book: Toward a Process Approach in Psychology
  • Online publication: 14 July 2022
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108859189.002
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