This is my reject during the tips-cation (new word like 'staycation' for staying at home vacation; now when tips does down for a few days we can call it a 'tipscation.' ==========================================================
I came across this article while seaching for something else. Certainly a very narrow perspective but explains why so many fail to see psychology as a 'science'. ---------------------------------------------------------- I was slightly taken aback when I heard a speaker at a psychology lecture meeting claiming confidently that psychology was a science. Of course, if we define science broadly, as the systematic search for knowledge, psychology would qualify for that label. But it is not terminology that is at issue here, but a matter of substantial importance. When we talk of science, we primarily think of physical science. If a mother said that her son was studying science at Cambridge, would psychology come first to the listener’s mind? The paradigm of the physical sciences is physics, because its elegant theories based on ample observation and experimentation provide clear explanations and reliable predictions. It also provides the foundations for the technologies which have transformed our lives. The man on the Clapham bus may not understand the laws of physics, but he happily relies on the means of transport based on those laws. In consequence, the methods of physics become the model of scientific methodology. Full article available at: http://www.philosophynow.org/issue74/74rickman.htm Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology University of San Diego 5998 Alcala Park San Diego, CA 92110 619-260-4006 tay...@sandiego.edu --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
