"Speculative psychology" is usually used as a pejorative term by scientific psychologists for philosophy of mind or philosophical psychology.
"Theoretical psychology" has a bunch of different meanings, from the development and analysis of psychological theories intended, ultimately, for empirical testing (Psych Review claims this as its domain; see also André Kukla book Methods of Theoretical Psychology) to a kind of metatheoretical psychology that examines and often critiques the (often implicit) assumptions underlying psychological research and application as they are conventionally practiced (as seen in Theory & Psychology and Journal of Theoretical & Philosophical Psychology). Chris --- Christopher D. Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 Canada [email protected] http://www.yorku.ca/christo/ ========================== On 2012-06-15, at 8:58 AM, mjchael sylvester wrote: > > > > > > > Was there ever a field called Speculative Psychology? or is it the same as > Theoretical Psychology? > > michael > > --- > > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=430248.781165b5ef80a3cd2b14721caf62bd92&n=T&l=tips&o=18418 > > (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) > > or send a blank email to > leave-18418-430248.781165b5ef80a3cd2b14721caf62b...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > > > > > --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=18419 or send a blank email to leave-18419-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
