Some basic problems with the use of ''psychologic'' in the study of memory

Journal/Book: Scand J Psychol. 1999; 40: PO Box 2959 Toyen, Journal Division Customer Service, N-0608 Oslo, Norway. Scandinavian University Press. 69-71.

Abstract: In his paper, ''Psychologic and the study of memory'', Smedslund attempts to construct a logical system consisting of axioms, propositions, lemmas, and corollaries in which the supposed principles of memory research can be shown to be necessarily true. This in turn is intended to be subsumed within a broader system of psychological truths or ''psychologic''. In this commentary, I examine, in turn, the authority for these claims, the account of necessary truth, the possibility of conceptual development in memory research, and the nature of the ''principles'' that Smedslund describes.

Note: Article Richardson JTE, Brunel Univ, Dept Human Sci, Uxbridge UB8 3PH, Middx, ENGLAND

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