Intersubjectivity, Constructivism, and Personal Construct Theory: Commenting and Extending Mascolo and Kallio's Article on the Phenomenology of Between. Issue 1 (2nd January 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Chiari, Gabriele
• Is Part Of: Journal of constructivist psychology. Volume 33:Issue 1(2020)
• Page Start: 29
• Page End: 35
• Publication Date: 2020-01-02
• Subjects: Personal construct theory -- Periodicals; Constructivism (Psychology) -- Periodicals; 150.1985
• DOI: 10.1080/10720537.2019.1635925
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1072-0537

Abstract

Abstract : Some of the arguments presented by Mascolo and Kallio in their article, "The Phenomenology of Between: An Intersubjective Epistemology for Psychological Science" are discussed. The aim of Mascolo and Kallio's work is commended, given their efforts to overcome purely subjectivist or purely objectivist approaches, not only in psychological research but also in psychological and psychotherapeutic theorizing. Remarks herein cluster around two themes: (a) the need to clarify what is meant by "intersubjectivity, " "constructivism, " and "phenomenology, " given the highly variable use of such terms; and (b) ways the epistemology of intersubjectivity as devised by the authors is both consistent with and divergent from view of the person as depicted by Kelly's personal construct theory.