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Contextualism can be defined by three main points:
- Situation-specific; this means that development is impossible
to generalize across time and place. It must be understood based on where and when an event occurs.
- Holistic; this means causes acquire meaning only when they interact
with other causes.
- Causes are efficent (external to the individual), material (internal
components of an individual), and formal (influence of interaction of parts on a system).
A philosopher of science who developed the metaphor of the historical
act to represent contextualism. For more information on Stephen
Pepper, click on his name above.
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