A pragmatist philosophy of psychological science and its implications for replication

Ana Gantman; Robin Gomila; Joel E. Martinez; J. Nathan Matias; Elizabeth Levy Paluck; Jordan Starck; Sherry Wu; Nechumi Yaffe

doi:10.1017/S0140525X18000626

A pragmatist philosophy of psychological science and its implications for replication

Ana Gantman, Robin Gomila, Joel E. Martinez, J. Nathan Matias, Elizabeth Levy Paluck, Jordan Starck, Sherry Wu, Nechumi Yaffe

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A pragmatist philosophy of psychological science offers to the direct replication debate concrete recommendations and novel benefits that are not discussed in Zwaan et al. This philosophy guides our work as field experimentalists interested in behavioral measurement. Furthermore, all psychologists can relate to its ultimate aim set out by William James: to study mental processes that provide explanations for why people behave as they do in the world.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	e127
Journal	The Behavioral and brain sciences
Volume	41
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X18000626
State	Published - Jan 1 2018

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Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology
Physiology
Behavioral Neuroscience

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