Advanced search
Publication Cover
Psychological Inquiry
An International Journal for the Advancement of Psychological Theory
Volume 34, 2023 - Issue 4
Submit an article Journal homepage
1,025
Views
0
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Commentaries

Realism, Behaviorism, and Psychological Theory

Brian D. HaigUniversity of Canterbury, Christchurch, New ZealandCorrespondence[email protected]
ORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-9003-6100
ORCID Icon
Pages 261-266 | Published online: 19 Jan 2024

References

  • Amundson, R. (1983). E. C. Tolman and the intervening variable: A study in the epistemological history of psychology. Philosophy of Science, 50(2), 268–282. https://doi.org/10.1086/289109
  • Barker, G., & Kitcher, P. (2014). Philosophy of science: A new introduction. Oxford University Press.
  • Bogen, J., & Woodward, J. (2005). Evading the IRS. In M. R. Jones & N. Cartwright (Eds.), Idealization XII: Correcting the model (pp. 233–268). Rodopi.
  • Braat, M., Engelen, J., van Gemert, T., & Verhaegh, S. (2020). The rise and fall of behaviorism: The narrative and the numbers. History of Psychology, 23(3), 252–280. https://doi.org/10.1037/hop0000146
  • Burian, R. M., & Trout, J. D. (1995). Ontological progress in science. Canadian Journal of Philosophy, 25(2), 177–201. https://doi.org/10.1080/00455091.1995.10717412
  • Cronbach, L. J., & Meehl, P. E. (1955). Construct validity in psychological tests. Psychological Bulletin, 52(4), 281–302. https://doi.org/10.1037/h0040957
  • Greenwood, J. D. (1999). Understanding the “cognitive revolution” in psychology. Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences, 35(1), 1–22. https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1520-6696(199924)35:1<1::AID-JHBS1>3.0.CO;2-4
  • Haig, B. D. (2014). Investigating the psychological world: Scientific method in the behavioral sciences. MIT Press.
  • Haig, B. D. (2022). Abductive research methods in psychological science. In L. Magnani (Ed.), Handbook of abductive cognition. Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-68436-5_64-1
  • Haig, B. D. (in press). Repositioning construct validity theory: From nomological networks to pragmatic theories, and their evaluation by explanatory means. Perspectives on Psychological Science. https://doi.org/10.1177/17456916231195852
  • Hull, C. L. (1943). Principles of behavior. Appleton-Century.
  • Hooker, C. A. (1975). On global theories. Philosophy of Science, 42(2), 152–179. https://doi.org/10.1086/288632
  • Hooker, C. A. (1987). A realistic theory of science. State University of New York Press.
  • Kincaid, H. (2000). Global arguments and local realism about the social sciences. Philosophy of Science, 67(S3), S667–S678. https://doi.org/10.1086/392854
  • Kuhn, T. S. (2000). The road since structure: Philosophical essays, 1970–1993. University of Chicago Press.
  • Lakatos, I. (1970). Falsification and the methodology of scientific research programmes. In I. Lakatos & A. Musgrave (Eds.), Criticism and the growth of knowledge (pp. 91–195). Cambridge University Press.
  • Leahey, T. H. (1992). The mythical revolutions of American psychology. American Psychologist, 47(2), 308–318. https://doi.org/10.1037/0003-066X.47.2.308
  • MacCorquodale, K., & Meehl, P. E. (1948). On a distinction between hypothetical constructs and intervening variables. Psychological Review, 55(2), 95–107. https://doi.org/10.1037/h0056029
  • Maier, M., van Dongen, N., & Borsboom, D. (2023). Comparing theories with the Ising model of explanatory coherence (IMEC). Psychological Methods. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/met0000543
  • Mäki, U. (2005). Reglobalizing realism by going local, or (how) should our formulations of scientific realism be informed about science? Erkenntnis, 63(2), 231–251. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10670-005-3227-6
  • Neuber, M. (2011). Feigl’s ‘scientific realism’. Philosophy of Science, 78(1), 165–183. https://doi.org/10.1086/658114
  • Nickles, T. (2017). Cognitive illusions and nonrealism: Objections and replies. In E. Agazzi (Ed.), Varieties of scientific realism: Objectivity and truth in science (pp. 151–163). Springer.
  • O’Donohue, W., Ferguson, K. E., & Naugle, A. E. (2003). The structure of the cognitive revolution: An examination from the philosophy of science. The Behavior Analyst, 26(1), 85–110. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03392069
  • Psillos, S. (1999). Scientific realism: How science tracks the truth. Routledge.
  • Skinner, B. F. (1953). Science and human behavior. Macmillan.
  • Slaney, K. L. (2012). Laying the cornerstone of construct validity theory: Herbert Feigl’s influence on early specifications. Theory & Psychology, 22(3), 290–309. https://doi.org/10.1177/0959354311400659
  • Thagard, P. (1992). Conceptual revolutions. Princeton University Press.
  • Woodward, J. (1989). Data and phenomena. Synthese, 79(3), 393–472. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00869282

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Order Reprints Request Corporate Permissions

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

Request Academic Permissions

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.

Related research

People also read lists articles that other readers of this article have read.

Recommended articles lists articles that we recommend and is powered by our AI driven recommendation engine.

Cited by lists all citing articles based on Crossref citations.
Articles with the Crossref icon will open in a new tab.