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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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Published in:Journal of Consciousness Studies Vol. 18; no. 1; pp. 102 - 118
Main Author: Piccinini, Gualtiero
Format: Opinion
Published: Imprint Academic Jan2011
Subjects:
Descriptive psychology
Methodological individualism
Publicity
Experimental programs
Scientific method
Sampling (Process)
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
Summary: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.