Edouard Machery's article "What is Replication?" deserves particular criticai attention. For if it is correct, bis Resampling Account of Replication has the power to reshape the current debate on replication in psychology. Indeed, with his new proposal, philosopher Machery claims to replace the "vague characterization of replication in psychology" (Machery, 2020, p. 559) with an account that deflates one of the centrai debates on replication-the debate which contraposes direct and conceptual replications and asks which one is preferable. In this commentary, I argue that there are deep-rooted reasons for why the distinction is meaningful, and that the Resampling Account of Replication just offers a misleading "semantic shift."
Against the Resampling Account of Replication
Matarese V.
2023
Abstract
Edouard Machery's article "What is Replication?" deserves particular criticai attention. For if it is correct, bis Resampling Account of Replication has the power to reshape the current debate on replication in psychology. Indeed, with his new proposal, philosopher Machery claims to replace the "vague characterization of replication in psychology" (Machery, 2020, p. 559) with an account that deflates one of the centrai debates on replication-the debate which contraposes direct and conceptual replications and asks which one is preferable. In this commentary, I argue that there are deep-rooted reasons for why the distinction is meaningful, and that the Resampling Account of Replication just offers a misleading "semantic shift."I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
