TY - JOUR
AU1 - Stam, Henderikus J.
AB - Journal of Health Psychology Logic or Copyright © 2000 SAGE Publications London, Thousand Oaks and New Delhi, [1359–1053(200004)5:2] Psychologism: Vol 5(2) 161–164; 012230 Smedslund’s Psycho- Logic and Health HENDERIKUS J. STAM University of Calgary, Canada Logic is either a physics of thinking or it is meanings independently of matters of fact. Quine nothing at all. argued that we do not take our statements one at (Theodore Lipps, 1880) a time but rather ‘the field as a whole’ and hence the distinction between a priori statements and LIKE SMEDSLUND , I want to argue for a prag- empirical statements is at best misleading. We matic basis for judging theories in health psy- may make adjustments to our system anywhere chology but as will become apparent, my from periphery to center and any statement is understanding of what is pragmatic is a consider- capable of revision. He argued, ‘taken collec- able distance from his. The comments that follow tively, science has its double dependence upon will have a destructive and a constructive part. I language and experience; but this duality is not want to argue that an important distinction that significantly traceable into the statements of sci- Smedslund wants to make 
TI - Logic or Psychologism: Smedslund's Psycho-Logic and Health: 
JF - Journal of Health Psychology
DO - 10.1177/135910530000500206
DA - 2016-07-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/sage/logic-or-psychologism-smedslund-s-psycho-logic-and-health-3f0E6f42zO
SP - 161
EP - 164
VL - 5
IS - 2
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ER -