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(2012) Paradigms in theory construction, Dordrecht, Springer.
While essentialism originally was uniquely rhetorical in philosophy, based on arguments rather than evidence, in the last generation essentialism has been the subject of a great deal of psychological research. This research raises serious questions about essentialism actually being considered as a theory rather than as a paradigm. Therefore, essentialism may have started as a paradigm, at least in philosophy, but has emerged as an influential psychological theory worthy of inclusion in this volume.
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-0914-4_22
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L'Abate, L. (2012)., Essentialism, in L. L'abate (ed.), Paradigms in theory construction, Dordrecht, Springer, pp. 421-433.
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