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Re:If you think psychological science is bad, imagine how ba... by rijoja on Wednesday June 16, 2021 @03:01PM (#27532178)
Yeah so you have to make a difference between empirical science and science here really. Which Max Weber who was one of the pillars of social sciences stated around one hundred years ago.

"As such, he was a key proponent of methodological anti-positivism, arguing for the study of social action through interpretive (rather than empiricist) methods, based on understanding the purpose and meanings that individuals attach to their own actions."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Weber

edit: This is then further developed by the so called Frankfurt School as Critical Theory.

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Re:If you think psychological science is bad, imagine how ba... by acituan on Wednesday June 16, 2021 @06:15PM (#27534075)
Alternatively, anti-positivist endeavors should find themselves another space to occupy and not piggy-back on an institutional adjacency to actual sciences to posture credibility, authority, attain public funding etc.
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Re:If you think psychological science is bad, imagine how ba... by rijoja on Thursday June 17, 2021 @11:55AM (#27541014)
On the other hand one might also argue that positivism is just a school of philosophy and that positivists are piggy backing on a thousands of years old tradition of philosophy.
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Re:If you think psychological science is bad, imagine how ba... by bgandrew on Thursday June 17, 2021 @12:49PM (#27541673)
>> thousands of years old tradition of philosophy

imagine those proponents of 'thousands of years old tradition of philosophy' would try to accomplish anything with it. how funny that would be..

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