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Scientific Methods Must Be Public, and Descriptive Experience Sampling Qualifies.

I defend three main conclusions. First, whether a method is public is important, because non-public methods are scientifically illegitimate. Second, there are substantive prescriptive differences between the view that private methods are legitimate and the view that private methods are illegitimate....

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Publicado en:Journal of Consciousness Studies Vol. 18; no. 1; pp. 102 - 118
Autor principal: Piccinini, Gualtiero
Formato: Opinion
Publicado: Imprint Academic Jan2011
Materias:
Descriptive psychology
Methodological individualism
Publicity
Experimental programs
Scientific method
Sampling (Process)
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Sumario:I defend three main conclusions. First, whether a method is public is important, because non-public methods are scientifically illegitimate. Second, there are substantive prescriptive differences between the view that private methods are legitimate and the view that private methods are illegitimate. Third, Descriptive Experience Sampling is a public (and hence legitimate) method.