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I will attempt to make several points in these comments. I consider the Woodward and Devonis chapter to be very important. It deals with a valuable theory construction methodology that can contribute to psychology’s unification. It makes contributions to this methodology and the chapter breaks new ground in suggesting this methodology can be used to analyze theories in the history of psychology -- opening the possibility of a new type of study.
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Staats, A.W. (1993). Separatism with Unification. In: Rappard, H.V., Van Strien, P.J., Mos, L.P., Baker, W.J. (eds) Annals of Theoretical Psychology. Annals of Theoretical Psychology, vol 9. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-2986-6_10
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