There is another one, but I'm far far away from my office for the next many weeks and can't look it up easily but it was an American Psychologist publication about 20 years ago that detailed the roots of psychology's definition of causation. It was really nicely written, at least as I remember reading it many year ago.
Maybe another tipster remembers and can post it to the others. Annette Quoting Scott Lilienfeld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > A great paper that addresses this question, as well as the question of > "types" of causality in psychology and other social sciences (including > the Mackie "INUS" condition discussed earlier), is: > > Meehl, P. E. (1997) Specific etiology and other forms of strong > inference: Some quantitative meanings. Journal of Medicine and > Philosophy, 2, 33-53. > > I could not locate a copy of this paper on the Web, but it might be > lurking around somewhere. > > ....Scott > > > -- > Scott O. Lilienfeld, Ph.D. > Associate Professor > Department of Psychology, Room 206 > Emory University > 532 N. Kilgo Circle > Atlanta, Georgia 30322 > > (404) 727-1125 (phone) > (404) 727-0372 (FAX) > > Home Page: http://www.emory.edu/PSYCH/Faculty/lilienfeld.html > > The Scientific Review of Mental Health Practice: > > www.srmhp.org > > > The Master in the Art of Living makes little distinction between his work and > his play, his labor and his leisure, his mind and his body, his education and > his recreation, his love and his intellectual passions. He hardly knows > which is which. He simply pursues his vision of excellence in whatever he > does, leaving others to decide whether he is working or playing. To him - he > is always doing both. > > - Zen Buddhist text > (slightly modified) > > > > > > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph. D. Department of Psychology University of San Diego 5998 Alcala Park San Diego, CA 92110 [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
