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Re:Psychological and Psychiatric Terms to Avoid by ndr on Wednesday November 16, 2022 @12:35PM (#33627055)
> (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?

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Re:Psychological and Psychiatric Terms to Avoid by eckza on Wednesday November 16, 2022 @12:41PM (#33627178)
What about the rest of this, that you didn't quote, do you take issue with?
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Re:Psychological and Psychiatric Terms to Avoid by malfist on Wednesday November 16, 2022 @01:14PM (#33627797)
What about it?
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Re:Psychological and Psychiatric Terms to Avoid by dmerks on Wednesday November 16, 2022 @01:36PM (#33628176)
Probably refers to epistemology, a branch of philosophy related to theories of knowledge
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Re:Psychological and Psychiatric Terms to Avoid by mcBesse on Wednesday November 16, 2022 @01:38PM (#33628213)
The article doesn't suggest that at all, as far as I can tell. None of what you quoted indicates that is.
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Re:Psychological and Psychiatric Terms to Avoid by typon on Wednesday November 16, 2022 @01:51PM (#33628460)
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.
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Re:Psychological and Psychiatric Terms to Avoid by some_random on Wednesday November 16, 2022 @02:35PM (#33629245)
The trouble is that Psychology as a field has had serious problems with reproducibility since it's inception.
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