The typical social science theory
Perhaps the easiest way to convince yourself is by scanning the literature of soft psychology over the last 30 years and noticing what happens to theories. Most of them suffer…
Review of Expert Political Judgement (Philip E. Tetlock)
[Philip_E._Tetlock]_Expert_Political_Judgment_How(Bookos.org) Very interesting book! ---- Game Theorists. The rivalry between Sherlock Holmes and the evil genius Professor Moriarty illustrates how indeterminacy can arise as a natural by-product of rational agents…
Paper: A plea for science studies (Phillip Kitcher)
This was interesting. A_Plea_for_Science_Studies_Philip_Kitcher
Review: Beyond the Hoax: Science and Culture (Alan Sokal)
beyond the hoax - alan sokal Much of the material is the same as in Sokal and Bricmont's earlier book. But there is some new material as well. I especially…
Review: Science and pseudoscience in clinical psychology (Lilienfeld et al)
Science and pseudoscience in clinical psychology - edited by Scott O. Lilienfeld, Steven Jay Lynn, Jeffrey M. Lohr. Has a good discussion of the nature of science. som interesting…
The sad state of filosofy of science regarding IQ and race?
I came across an interesting paper. Philosophy of Science That Ignores Science Race, IQ and Heritability this reminds me why i dont like filosofy students. they dont know anything about…
The low quality of psychology as a field, and how to improve science: reading material
I recently came across an interesting journal: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perspectives_on_Psychological_Science_%28journal%29 It was becus of a recent issue about the status of psychology as a scientific field. Its both distressing and very interesting…
Steven Weinberg: “Against Philosophy” (from “Dreams of a Final Theory”).
Steven Weinberg “Against Philosophy” Great text. The beginning: Physicists get so much help from subjective and often vague aesthetic judgments that it might be expected that we would be helped…
Paper: “Positive” Results Increase Down the Hierarchy of the Sciences
http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0010068 The hypothesised Hierarchy of the Sciences (henceforth HoS) is reflected inmany social and organizational features of academic life. When 222 scholars rated their perception of similarity between…
A conversation about pseudoscience, psychoanalysis, clarity of language
a conversation with "I said stupid things so i dont want my name here" [04:22:58] Isstsidwmnh: Did I tell you I read "Civilization and its Discontents" by Freud? [04:23:07] Isstsidwmnh:…