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RE: Psychology Addict #24 | Is Psychology a Science?

in #psychology7 years ago

As far as I can tell, this vulnerability originates from two mistaken assumptions: that "hard" science has realities while brain science just has hypothesis; and that brain science is presence of mind.

Hard science has realities and brain science has hypothesis.

Above all else, there are no "certainties" in science. The longer strategy is outlined such that one can never demonstrate anything, we can just negate something. That is the thing that enables us to continue looking, never ceasing at our comprehension of the way the world works. That is the reason it's the hypothesis of gravity and the hypothesis of advancement. An experimentally solid hypothesis is falsifiable. So no, it isn't the situation that "hard" science has "actualities" and brain science has hypotheses; we as a whole just have speculations. Inside and out, mental science holds fast to the logical technique as much as some other science. We submit to similar principles and procedures. We even evaluate mental wonders to the best of our capacity. We utilize calculations and measurements and even model human conduct scientifically simply like some other science. We test our hypotheses for dependability and legitimacy, and we test the parameters of our speculations. There are however 2 contrasts between our science and different sciences that have nothing to do with how we hone science, but instead what we think about: we are a much fresher science, and what we ponder is more mind boggling

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Yep, I call all this process the cycle of enquiry! Thank you for sharing your views here with us. Very much appreciated!