Re: Theory, and Why It's Time Psychology Got One

Posted by Eric Charles on
URL: http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/Theory-and-Why-It-s-Time-Psychology-Got-One-tp6988785p6990921.html

Heh, :- )
Much of the problems in modern psychology arose, historically, because people studying the "physical sciences" thought they could escape the problems of dualism by foisting them off onto psychology. But use of scientific instruments in no way escapes the "subjective" "objective" problem, if such a problem exists. That is a very different conversation however.

Eric

On Sun, Nov 13, 2011 03:21 PM, Marcos <[hidden email]> wrote:

On Sat, Nov 12, 2011 at 3:16 PM, Jochen Fromm <[hidden email]> wrote:
> Nick, Eric, what do you think, does Psychology need a theory?
>
>
http://psychsciencenotes.blogspot.com/2011/11/theory-and-why-its-time-psychology-got.html?m=1

Why should psychology have a theory when it isn't even properly a
science?  Science deals with the objective.  As soon as it tries to
breach that barrier you get delusions grandeur.

...Ducks...

marcos
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