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- Title
Why we need descriptive psychology.
- Authors
Siewert, Charles
- Abstract
This article defends the thesis that in theorizing about the mind we need to accord first‐person ("introspective" or "reflective") judgments about experience a "selective provisional trust." Such an approach can form part of a descriptive psychology. It is here so employed to evaluate some influential interpretations of research on attention to conclude that—despite what conventional wisdom suggests—an "introspection‐positive" policy actually offers us a better critical perspective than its contrary. What supposedly teaches us the worthlessness of introspection actually shows us why we need to take it seriously.
- Subjects
DESCRIPTIVE psychology; JUDGMENT (Psychology); WISDOM; TRUST; INTROSPECTION
- Publication
European Journal of Philosophy, 2023, Vol 31, Issue 2, p341
- ISSN
0966-8373
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/ejop.12689