Conceptual engineering and operationalism in psychology

被引:12
作者
Vessonen, Elina [1 ]
机构
[1] Finnish Inst Hlth & Welf, PL 30, Helsinki 00271, Finland
关键词
Operationalism; Conceptual engineering; Concept formation; Rudolf Carnap; Psychology; PSYCHOMETRICS; DEFINITION;
D O I
10.1007/s11229-021-03261-x
中图分类号
N09 [自然科学史]; B [哲学、宗教];
学科分类号
01 ; 0101 ; 010108 ; 060207 ; 060305 ; 0712 ;
摘要
This paper applies conceptual engineering to deal with four objections that have been levelled against operationalism in psychology. These objections are: (i) operationalism leads to harmful proliferation of concepts, (ii) operationalism goes hand-in-hand with untenable antirealism, (iii) operationalism leads to arbitrariness in scientific concept formation, and (iv) operationalism is incompatible with the usual conception of scientific measurement. Relying on a formulation of three principles of conceptual engineering, I will argue that there is a useful form of operationalism that does not fall prey to these four objections.
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页码:10615 / 10637
页数:23
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