Nomothetic Psychology
A Popperian approach to psychological research
If science aims at the general, scientific theories require the empirical basis of general facts. Strickingly, it seems hard to find psychological theories that identify general facts. Thus, if they do not - that is, if we are not mistaken in this belief - it is claimed that their explanations are unfalsifiable, and hence, not scientific. We call nomothetic psychology the enterprise of finding out and discussing non-tautological, behavioral facts. The main issue of nomothetic research is that of whether (human) behavior obeys restricted indeterminacy vs. total indeterminacy. There is room for a collaborative space open to everyone interested in this issue.
Responsable(s)
Stéphane Vautier
Disciplines
Psychologie
Thèmes
Psychologie, Méthodes de traitement et de représentation
URL du carnet
https://nompsy.hypotheses.org
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Rédacteur(s) en chef
Stéphane Vautier
Année de création
2017
Date de mise en ligne
18 avril 2012
Langue de la publication
English
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Courriel
Adresse postale
Nomothetic Psychology
Université de Toulouse-Le Mirail, Octogone, 5 allées Antonio Machado.
31058 Toulouse cedex 9
France
Ville de production
Toulouse