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Reductionism – simplified and scientific

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 March 2019

Leonid Perlovsky
Leonid Perlovsky*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115. [email protected]/
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Abstract

In this commentary on Borsboom et al.’s target article, I address an inadequate, simplified use of the idea of “reductionism” in clinical psychology and psychiatry. This is important because reductionism is a fundamental methodology of science. Explaining mental states and processes in terms of biological and brain states and processes is fundamental for the science of psychology. I also briefly address a fundamental methodology of the goal of psychology as a hard science.

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Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 42 , 2019 , e21
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2019 

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