On: Psychological and psychiatric terms to avoid

[ndr]

> (27) The scientific method. Many science textbooks, including those in psychology, present science as a monolithic “method.” [...] Contrary to what most scientists themselves appear to believe, science is not a method; it is an approach to knowledge (Stanovich, 2012). Specifically, it is an approach that strives to better approximate the state of nature by reducing errors in inferences.

Mmmh is this Psychology opting out of the scientific method?

[mcBesse → ndr]

The article doesn't suggest that at all, as far as I can tell. None of what you quoted indicates that is.

[eckza → ndr]

What about the rest of this, that you didn't quote, do you take issue with?

[malfist → eckza]

What about it?

[dmerks → ndr]

Probably refers to epistemology, a branch of philosophy related to theories of knowledge

[halpmeh → ndr]

I love that they make an assertion that “Science is not a method, it is an approach to knowledge” and cite something from 2012, as if science didn’t exist before that. And the fact that they conflate “science” and “scientific method” is quite hilarious as well.

[typon → ndr]

See absolutely nothing wrong with this quote. The "scientific method" is almost a meaningless term because it means different things to different branches of study - discouraging its use for more accurate terminology makes perfect sense.

[some_random → typon]

The trouble is that Psychology as a field has had serious problems with reproducibility since it's inception.