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1Department of Psychology,Northeastern University,Boston,MA 02115.lperl@rcn.comwww.leonid-perlovsky.com/.
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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