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Modern science, since Galileo, has been founded upon the conviction that a scientific theory must be both empirical and logical. Modern cognitive psychologists, however, tend to oscillate between empiricism and logiC., as is characteristic of dualistic approaches, rather than to emphasize both criteria at the same time. Unfortunately, some of these cognitivists have argued that modern physics is completely in agreement with cognitive psychology. This argument has produced confusion in modern psychology.
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McLarty, M.H. Psychology and Modern Science. Psychol Rec 39, 537–546 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03395081
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