ABSTRACT

The hypothetico-deductive approach to science, in which I was schooled, emphasises a precise formulation of concepts and their implications that are carefully tested in controlled experiments derived directly from the theory under scrutiny. However, Once I realised how arid and inhibiting of innovation is that approach, as well as its destruction of the psychological phenomena it claims to study, I became more relaxed about offering general frameworks, for considering human activity, or even outlining approaches to solving psychological problems without detailed specification of what those problems are. This book shows how that open approach has provided footholds for people to climb up, plateaus for them to build their careers in and expanses to wander across.