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Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part One: The Concepts of Causationas Developed by Philosophers -- 1. The Discourse Frame -- 2. The Temporal Frame -- 3. The Explanation Frame -- Part Two: Causal Concepts and Research Methods -- 4. Causation in Introductory Psychology Texts -- Editors' Commentary -- 5. Rerum Cognoscere Causas: Dependent and Independent Variables in Psychology -- Editors' Commentary -- 6. On the Concept of "Effects" in Contemporary Psychological Experimentation: A Case Study in the Need for Conceptual Clarity and Discursive Precision -- Editors' Commentary -- 7. Legislating Causal Logic: Scientifically Based Educational Research in the United States -- Editors' Commentary -- Part Three: Causal Concepts and Linguistic Topics -- 8. Triggers and Their Consequences for Language Acquisition -- Editors' Commentary -- 9. Causes of Language Death -- Editors' Commentary -- 10. A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words: On Causes, Reasons, and Images -- Part Four: Causal Concepts and Medical Contexts -- 11. The Notion of Cause in Biomedicine -- Editors' Commentary -- 12. Causes and Consequences: Pain Research and the Placebo Effect -- Editors' Commentary -- 13. Questioning Causation in Mental Health -- Editors' Commentary -- 14. Understanding the Person with Alzheimer's Disease from a Causes-and-Consequences Perspective -- Editors' Commentary -- Part Five: Causal Concepts and Collective Behavior -- 15. Causality and Protracted Violent Conflicts: The Case of Internally Displaced Persons -- Editors' Commentary -- 16. This Causes Conflict! On the Risks of Establishing Causalities through Conflict Analysis and the Consequences of Implementing Those Logics in Conflict Resolution Strategies -- Editors' Commentary -- 17. Causality in the Study of Collective Action and Political Behavior.

'Im Rahmen der post-positivistischen Neuorientierung der Sozial- und Humanwissenschaften hat sich ein verstärktes Interesse an der Erzählung und dem Erzählen herausgebildet. Dabei geht es nicht allein um ein weiteres Untersuchungsfeld, sondern um einen neuen intellektuellen Stil, der sich an hermeneutisch-interpretativen Traditionen orientiert. Im Rückgriff auf diskurspsychologische, konversationsanalytische, literaturwissenschaftliche und sprachphilosophische Überlegungen wird diskutiert, warum das Studium der Narration auch für die Psychologie eine viel versprechende Perspektive anbietet. In einer kritischen Diskussion herkömmlicher erzähl-theoretischer Konzeptionen wird dafür plädiert, das Erzählen als eine soziale und diskursive Praxis zu verstehen, und zwar im Sinne Wittgensteins als Sprachspiel und Lebensform.' (Autorenreferat)

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