Kurtines W M, Silverman W K
Department of Psychology, Florida International University, Miami 33199, USA.
J Clin Child Psychol. 1999 Dec;28(4):558-62. doi: 10.1207/S15374424JCCP2804_18.
Offers a few broadly evaluative observations about what we have learned from the articles and commentaries contained in this special section. We discuss how--although the contributions contained in this special section might be viewed on one level as suggesting a lack of consensus concerning the role of theory--on a metalevel the contributions are suggestive of movement toward consensus. The emerging consensus seems to be that not only is theory alive and well but it is unlikely that we will ever be able to do without theory. However, our ways of thinking and talking about theory appear to be undergoing change; that is, the trend is in the emergence of theory as a guide for action or action-based epistemology. We conclude with ideas about future directions, including the call for methodological pluralism, theoretical pluralism, and metatheoretical development.
对我们从本专题文章及评论中学到的内容给出了一些宽泛的评价性观点。我们讨论了这样一个问题：尽管从一个层面来看，本专题中的文章可能暗示了在理论作用方面缺乏共识，但从元层面来看，这些文章却表明正在朝着达成共识的方向发展。新出现的共识似乎是，理论不仅生机勃勃，而且我们很可能永远都离不开理论。然而，我们思考和谈论理论的方式似乎正在发生变化；也就是说，趋势是理论作为行动指南或基于行动的认识论正在兴起。我们最后提出了关于未来方向的想法，包括呼吁采用方法多元主义、理论多元主义和元理论发展。
