Mercutio & Jeff Corey, I have found that you are arguing for the sake of argument. In order to try and prove a point you start analyzing things as if you were in a court of law and stop using common sense. Sorry, I'm no lawyer and I don't want to be. I'm here to talk to people at eye level and not analyze everything so it will be approved in a court.
Mercutio said:
Your OP used the phrase "Is it like psychology which is not considred a science but many people rely on and use in everyday life or is it mostly woo?" Your use of "psychology" there was not qualified, and is quite simply wrong.
No, it was you who was wrong in assuming I spoke of experimental psychology. It was you who started talking about experimental psychology which I did not talk about. You have a problem with the term psychology? o.k. that's understandable since psychology has many fields associated with it like psychoanalysis, experimental psychology and more. In a court of law the lawyer would have asked to which field in psychology I am referring to. That was your job to do so you have failed in your scrutiny of what I was saying. Shame on you. Why not ask then to which field in psychology I am referring to if you think you know so much about it? Why talk about experimental psychology when I was not referring to that at all (I have mentioned that many times in my posts). Ask next time before starting to argue and trying to prove a point which is not relevant to the OP.
The term psychology is what most people would use for describing clinical psychology which is the most accessible of the psychological fields for the layman. If you have a problem with this term that is something you will have to deal with in your weekly visitings at your psycholgist. In addition, if you do not agree with what a poster is claiming when he is using that widely used term, then ask him/her to which exact field of psychology he is referring to. Don't jump to conclusions and talk about irrelevant things which the OP did not mean.
Now you want to talk about Freud? Freud is taught in
ALL the universities which teach clinical psychology. He is one of the most famous people who contributed to the expanded field of psychology even though his theories remain controversial. He is often times referred to when speaking about psychology:
In 1930 Freud received the Goethe Prize in appreciation of his contribution to psychology and to German literary culture
Will this quote not stand on firm ground in a court because of the use of the word 'psychology' and not something else like 'psychoanalysis'? maybe, but that is your huge problem not mine. Get over it or stop posting in forums which are intended for people of all walks of life and not just from the field of psychology.
oh, and BTW, Freud's theories still remain controversial because psychology is not a science!!
Maybe now you can understand what I am saying.
Lastly, I'm sorry if I have been rude to you two but I really believe you were arguing for the sake of argument which is not what I had in mind in starting this thread. You have to understand that people here are from all professions and their terms are sometimes not the correct terms that a professional in that particular area would use. It is up to you to clarify exactly what the OP is referring to.
Regards and no hard feelings,
Yair
