Haig Brian D
Department of Psychology, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch, New Zealand.
J Clin Psychol. 2008 Sep;64(9):1037-45. doi: 10.1002/jclp.20507.
In this article, the author examines Romeijn's (2008) contention that the account of theory construction in the abductive theory of scientific method suffers from the problem of the underdetermination of theories by empirical evidence. Following Romeijn, the author focuses on the issue of underdetermination as it affects the method of exploratory factor analysis, the strategy of analogical modeling, and the theory of explanatory coherence. The author argues that in each case there are sufficient methodological resources available to researchers to use these methods to good effect. Additionally, he comments on the normative force of the abductive theory of method.
在本文中，作者考察了罗马伊恩（2008年）的观点，即科学方法的溯因理论中的理论构建描述存在理论受经验证据的不充分决定性问题。遵循罗马伊恩的观点，作者聚焦于不充分决定性问题，因为它影响探索性因素分析方法、类比建模策略和解释连贯性理论。作者认为，在每种情况下，研究人员都有足够的方法资源来有效运用这些方法。此外，他还评论了溯因方法理论的规范力。
