Silly academics, reality is for kids
The core statement of philosophical positivism is that 'The only true knowledge is scientific knowledge' -- I almost want to capitalise True and Knowledge there. 'Scientific' is basically defined as verifiable or falsifiable by experience. Whether you verify it or falsify it naturally depends on the type of statement it is: if I were to say that ( Read more... )
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On my major: they don't even try to prove. There is only a relational balance of more vs. less interesting/applicable.
On my minor: the head (Dr. whittlesea) tried to explain how psych was a wanna be science and it was only a matter of time before they were treated as a hard science like they should be. I laughed and asked why we were in the arts department, and why a discipline that evolved out of analyzing dreams as though they were literature and electrifying cats had any right to further questionable ambition. Veritablity? no. less even than most.
But more importantly, when did psych stop caring about helping people (applied), and start treating them as robots (research/experimental)?
oh, right. psych never did care (e.g. hysteria). History of Psych was just so fucking brutal that way. They completely killed in me the desire to ever associate myself with psychology again. *Ranty-mcRanterson.*
PS - your mom is certainly NOT verifiable.
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