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Disciplinary psychology has failed to achieve a coherent conception of human agency. Instead, it oscillates between two differing conceptions of agency that are equally untenable: a scientistic, reductive approach to choice and action, and an instrumental approach that celebrates a romantic notion of free will. This book examines theoretical, philosophical psychology and argues for a historically and socioculturally situated human capacity for choosing and acting in ways not entirely determined by culture and/or biology. The authors present a detailed developmental theory of how agentic capability emerges from the pre-reflective activity of humans in a real physical and social world. Implications of the theory are considered for psychological research and practice, and for the broader socio-political impact of disciplinary psychology in Western liberal democracies.

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  1. Front Cover
  2. pp. -00000000
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  1. About the Series, Title Page, and Copyright
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  1. Contents
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  1. Preface
  2. pp. ix-x
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  1. 1. Psychology and the Question of Agency
  2. pp. 1-16
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  1. 2. Reductionism in Psychology
  2. pp. 17-44
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  1. 3. Between Hard Determinism and Radical Freedom
  2. pp. 45-80
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  1. 4. The Underdetermination and Irreducibility of Agency
  2. pp. 81-102
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  1. 5. A Theory of Situated, Emergent, and Deliberative Agency
  2. pp. 103-132
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  1. 6. Putting Agency Into Psychology
  2. pp. 133-166
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  1. References
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  1. Index
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