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453Causal depth, theoretical appropriateness, and individualism in psychologyPhilosophy of Science 61 (1): 55-75. 1994.Individualists claim that wide explanations in psychology are problematic. I argue that wide psychological explanations sometimes have greater explanatory power than individualistic explanations. The aspects of explanatory power I focus on are causal depth and theoretical appropriateness. Reflection on the depth and appropriateness of other wide explanations of behavior, such as evolutionary explanations, clarifies why wide psychological explanations sometimes have more causal depth and theoreti…Read more
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540The Role of Oral History in Surviving a Eugenic PastIn Steven C. High (ed.), Beyond Testimony and Trauma: Oral History in the Aftermath of Mass Violence, Ubc Press. pp. 119-138. 2015.Despite the fact that the history of eugenics in Canada is necessarily part of the larger history of eugenics, there is a special role for oral history to play in the telling of this story, a role that promises to shift us from the muddled middle of the story. Not only has the testimony of eugenics survivors already played perhaps the most important role in revealing much about the practice of eugenics in Canada, but the willingness and ability of survivors to share their own oral histories make…Read more
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