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Dialoguing Height Psychology into a life of interconnectedness: Response to commentaries by Hwang, Bhawuk, King & Hodgetts, Kashima, and Xie, Su, & Zhong.

Authors :
Liu, James H.
Source :
Asian Journal of Social Psychology. Apr2017, Vol. 20 Issue 2, p176-183. 8p. 1 Diagram.
Publication Year :
2017

Abstract

Liu (Asian Journal of Social Psychology, 000, 000) attempts to articulate an epistemology for the aspirational practice of Height Psychology as a human science informed by Kantian epistemology in dialogue with other philosophies, especially Confucianism and Taoism. Height Psychology is a framework or metatheory for the practice of teaching, research, and service rooted in Kantian epistemology, in dialogue with other philosophies. It provides a holistic philosophy for social scientists responding to wicked problems unfolding over long periods of time. In responding to commentaries, I suggest a corollary to Shweder's (Asian Journal of Social Psychology, 3, p. 207) 'One mind, many mentalities': 'Many indigenous psychologies, interconnected by one epistemology'. Height Psychology is about holding to an invisible moral centre. The practical postulates are foundational to the moral and ethical practices of human societies: they are for doing, their value is ontological. Human agency, proscribed by natural science epistemologies takes centre stage in Height Psychology by facilitating social scientists to act reflexively from multiple positions (from basic to action research) to benefit society. Height Psychology is dedicated to articulating and actioning the moral and ethical basis of a human science that can assist present and future generations of social scientists to meet the grave situational futures facing us in different parts of the world. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
13672223
Volume :
20
Issue :
2
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
Asian Journal of Social Psychology
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
124378973
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1111/ajsp.12180