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> Psychology has embraced scientific methodology. I refer you to my statement about "unchallenged assumptions". Like the assumption that the reductive scientif

by tus89 5y ago

> Psychology has embraced scientific methodology. I refer you to my statement about "unchallenged assumptions". Like the assumption that the reductive scientific process can be glibly applied to emergent complex phenomenon like psychology. As I said, people can say they are doing science, it neither means what they are doing is good or correct science.

coolgeek 5y ago
Not sure where you're getting your definition of science from, but it doesn't correspond to those from authoritative sources. Here, for example, is Brittanica's: > Science, any system of knowledge that is concerned with the physical world and its phenomena and that entails unbiased observations and systematic experimentation. In general, a science involves a pursuit of knowledge covering general truths or the operations of fundamental laws. > Science can be divided into different branches based on the subject of study. The physical sciences study the inorganic world and comprise the fields of astronomy, physics, chemistry, and the Earth sciences. The biological sciences such as biology and medicine study the organic world of life and its processes. Social sciences like anthropology and economics study the social and cultural aspects of human behaviour. https://www.britannica.com/science/science https://www.britannica.com/science/science This article has been on the web since 1998. The Encyclopedia from which it is sourced has been publishing in print since 1768. If the entry on Science wasn't in the first edition, it probably wasn't too long before it first appeared. I encourage you to take your issue up with the editors and authors there. https://corporate.britannica.com/contact/ https://corporate.britannica.com/contact/ Do let us know how you make out!
- tus89 5y ago
  Well those "definitions" don't deal with essential concepts of the scientific process like falsifiability or reductionism, both of which are highly debatable when it comes to the study of complex emergent phenomena, such as psychology. Nor do they deal with the idea of good science vs bad science, and what makes those things. I suspect "science" to a physicist probably means something slightly different to a person who writes dictionaries.

by tus89 5y ago

coolgeek 5y ago

Not sure where you're getting your definition of science from, but it doesn't correspond to those from authoritative sources. Here, for example, is Brittanica's: > Science, any system of knowledge that is concerned with the physical world and its phenomena and that entails unbiased observations and systematic experimentation. In general, a science involves a pursuit of knowledge covering general truths or the operations of fundamental laws. > Science can be divided into different branches based on the subject of study. The physical sciences study the inorganic world and comprise the fields of astronomy, physics, chemistry, and the Earth sciences. The biological sciences such as biology and medicine study the organic world of life and its processes. Social sciences like anthropology and economics study the social and cultural aspects of human behaviour. https://www.britannica.com/science/science https://www.britannica.com/science/science This article has been on the web since 1998. The Encyclopedia from which it is sourced has been publishing in print since 1768. If the entry on Science wasn't in the first edition, it probably wasn't too long before it first appeared. I encourage you to take your issue up with the editors and authors there. https://corporate.britannica.com/contact/ https://corporate.britannica.com/contact/ Do let us know how you make out!

tus89 5y ago
Well those "definitions" don't deal with essential concepts of the scientific process like falsifiability or reductionism, both of which are highly debatable when it comes to the study of complex emergent phenomena, such as psychology. Nor do they deal with the idea of good science vs bad science, and what makes those things. I suspect "science" to a physicist probably means something slightly different to a person who writes dictionaries.