The virtues of international theoretical discourse

This article reviews the published proceedings of the 1993 and 1995 confere nces of the International Society for Theoretical Psychology, namely Trends and Issues of Theoretical Psychology and Problems of Theoretical Psycholog y. The international diversity of the authors gives rise to a broader treat ment of relevant psychological issues and their solutions. The topics cover ed in these volumes demonstrate fine scholarship and raise many provocative questions and ideas. Topics range from issues that are specifically pertin ent to certain subdisciplines of psychology -such as linguistics, cognitive science, personality theory, history, social psychology and methodology-to theoretical issues that are relevant to the discipline as a whole. Several individual articles from both volumes are discussed, and general strengths and weaknesses of the boobs are explored.