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Towards a Psychology of Science

This book superficially resembles the earlier anthology On Scientific Thinking, edited by R.D. Tweney, M.E. Doherty and C.R. Mynatt (Columbia UP, 1981) and, in fact, several authors appear in both volumes, including Ryan Tweney, Howard Gruber and Arthur Miller. Both books have as their stated goal the advancement of psychology of science. But whereas the earlier volume contains mainly excerpts from published papers and books (including classic sources like Bacon), this later anthology is the result of a conference held at Memphis State, and the chapters are all original. The older anthology is excellent for advanced undergraduates as well as graduate students; this newer book appears to be aimed more at graduate students and scholars. As the title suggests, Psychology oJ Science intends to establish a clear role for psychology as one of several metascience disciplines. Different combinations of editors provide transitions between the five major parts of the book that emphasize this larger theme. Part I focuses on historical issues. It begins with a narrative bibliography of classic works in the psychology of science, by Donald T. Campbell, that includes his sense of which current works suggest promising directions. Campbell shows that although psychology of science is being touted as a new approach to metascience, this area has long been of substantial interest to psychologists. The second chapter is by one of the editors, Arthur C. Houts, who makes the point that