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The papers in this volume take a major step in articulating and elaborating many of the assumptions underlying the work of contemporary environment-behavior researchers. This is particularly important for a variety of reasons. First, as we have asserted elsewhere (e.g., Wapner & Demick, 1998), there is a need for researchers to acknowledge that inquiry and knowledge are always biased and that there is no process of “neutral” observation, inquiry, or conclusion in any science. This assertion is based on the notion of perspectivism, which—in its most general form—assumes that any object, event, or phenomenon is always mentally viewed from a particular standpoint, or world view, which is capable of definition (cf. Lavine, 1950a,on interpretationism,cf. Lavine, 1950b,on interpretationism).
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Wapner, S., Demick, J., Yamamoto, T., Minami, H. (2000). Epilogue. In: Wapner, S., Demick, J., Yamamoto, T., Minami, H. (eds) Theoretical Perspectives in Environment-Behavior Research. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-4701-3_23
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