Pragmatic Case Studies in Psychotherapy. Volume 5, Number 3 (Archival Information Package)

This issue’s target article by William Stiles (2009) presents a general paradigm that explains how the "logical operations" of deduction, induction, and abduction can be applied to case-study-level observations in order to build, test, and refine applied psychology theories in areas like psychotherapy. Stiles’ paradigm is exemplified in the development of his own "assimilation model" of psychological change across many types of successful therapy. The subsequent commentaries, written by nine well-known psychologists representing a wide diversity of perspectives and expertise, fall into three general categories. These include illustrations of the usefulness of Stiles paradigm, and critiques of the Stiles paradigm as either being "insufficiently grounded" in mainstream scientific method and philosophy of science, or being "too grounded" in traditional science and not open to new philosophical developments in the areas of moral theory, pragmatic approaches to truth, and methodical hermeneutics. Because of the richness of the issues raised here, publication of further dialogue between Stiles and the commentators is planned for 2010. This resource is archived and is not available for public use. The publicly accessible version is available at http://pcsp.libraries.rutgers.edu/index.php/pcsp/issue/view/77Binary format, Base64 in XML wrapper, native OJS import format -- README file -- Using Case Studies to Develop Theory: Roadmap to a Dialogue / Fishman, D. -- Logical Operations in Theory-Building Case Studies / Stiles, W. -- Lurching Toward Theory: The Case of Case Study Research in Conflict Mediation / Kressel, K. -- Forensic Evaluations Advance Scientific Theory: Assessing Causation of Harm / Goodman-Delahunty, J. -- What Can We Learn from Case Studies? More than Most Psychologists Realize / Westerman, M. -- Case Studies and Non-Abstractionist Theorizing / Yanchar, S. -- On Systematizing Theory-Building Case Studies / Nathan, P. -- The Logic of Case-Study Methodology / Held, B. -- The Logic of Theory and the Logic of Practice / Miller, R. -- Evaluating the Philosophies of Theory-Building in Case Studies / Slife, B. -- Logic, Hermeneutics, or Both? / Rennie, D