Data and Vantage Point

Notes on Theory and Research in Psychology

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Given the question of whether physiology or philosophy exerted a stronger influence on psychology, one may wish to assert the former; surely empirical research, from autopsy to neural imaging, have blown away all preexisting superstitions about the mind and body. However, philosophy appears to exert a far stronger influence upon psychology, going so far…