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On Mon, 13 Dec 2004, Michael wrote:
>> Introspection as a scientific method proved disasterous for psychology.
>> Our brains are wired to do things, not to tell us how they do things.
>> Thus, introspection led to all kinds of baloney.
>
> I think introspection, for psychology, can be useful but that it
> shouldn't be taken as scientific. Use it to get ideas about how things
> work and then go out and see if your right or wrong.
Sure, that's fine too. You can get a theory from anywhere. It's how you
test it that really matters.
The problem in psychology (100 years ago) was that some people were said
to be good at introspection and others were not so good at it. That was
not science.
Mike
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