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The role of evidence in interpretations of the scientific work of Karl Lashley
Author(s) -
Dewsbury Donald A.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
journal of the history of the behavioral sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.216
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1520-6696
pISSN - 0022-5061
DOI - 10.1002/jhbs.10065
Subject(s) - epistemology , psychology , scientific evidence , work (physics) , cognitive science , psychoanalysis , philosophy , engineering , mechanical engineering
I discuss some of the issues underlying the different perspectives of Nadine Weidman and myself on the scientific oeuvre of Karl Lashley. I emphasize that our disagreements concern the kind of evidence needed to support specific claims more than any differences in our models of science. © 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.