Who Stole My Banana? Social Science as Intersubjective Corroboration

Abstract

We are honored at the opportunity to exchange ideas with three scholars for whom we have deep respect and admiration. In what follows, we clarify our thinking in response to a series of erudite and penetrating comments produced by Gabriel Chiari, Lisa Osbeck, and Tom Strong. In so doing, we attempt to move beyond the practice of merely defending our arguments. Instead, in the spirit of what we have called intersubjective corroboration, we seek to clarify our arguments in relation to the issues raised by the reviewers, and to identify how their insights can foster further development in our conception of the psychological sciences.