Jim: > Although I do not apologize for being "self-righteous" about > science's achievements and well-founded validity, I definitely > regret that it is even necessary to say these kinds of things at > the start of the 21st Century.
I'm not challenging the acheivements of the scientific method and its use in helping us learn more about the phenomenological realm of psychology. It has been very helpful. But it is less useful in helping us to understand the underlying assumptions of our discipline and certainly not helpful at helping us to understand how we should apply the information we learn about behavior and mental processes. I'm suggesting that we should help our students understand the ontological and ethical dimensions of psychology. Worldviews help us to do this. Science is a method, not a worldview. > As you can tell, I probably won't > be signing up for the Christian Psychology list, especially since > its mandate does not appear to include any questioning of the > legitimacy of such an enterprise. Does the mandate of any of the other academic listserves, such as the ones operated by the APA, include the questioning of their particular underlying assumptions and philosophies? Or do they just take them for granted. Thanks for responding, Jim! --------------------------------------------- This message was sent using Endymion MailMan. http://www.endymion.com/products/mailman/ --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
