Article Title
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1967
Keywords
Science--Methodology; Observation (Scientific method)
Abstract
The question "Is there a well defined scientific method?" can be answered in three ways: by referring to existing discourse on the nature of method; by pointing to concrete examples in which the method is applied in real life situations; and by creating a taxonomy of the behavioral and psychological operations that constitute the scientific process. The last way was proposed as the most fruitful of the three. Two major classes of operations and their subclasses were discussed, along with operations of thought and behavior that are antithetical to scientific method. The importance of the psychologist's contribution to answering philosophical questions that are ultimately based on human behavior and cognition was stressed.
First Page
32
Last Page
35
Recommended Citation
Charlesworth, W. R.
(1967).
Is There a Well Defined Scientific Method?.
Journal of the Minnesota Academy of Science, Vol. 34 No.1, 32-35.
Retrieved from https://digitalcommons.morris.umn.edu/jmas/vol34/iss1/11
Primo Type
Article