Logic, Critical Thinking, and the Local Clinical Scientist

Abstract

Sherlock Holmes would have a bewildering time were he to pursue training in scientific professional psychology. He might wish to apply his celebrated method to the investigation of mind, but he would find our scientific ways frustrating. In his training, he would learn a great deal about psychopathology, psychotherapy, developmental and social issues across the life span, and perhaps a bit about himself. He would learn about research methods and statistics. He would find that there are more journal articles than any one investigator could ever read, and theory abounds. But in the end, he would find that methods he perfected for his criminal investigations are largely absent in our training.