Tolerance in a rigorous science.
Scientists often evaluate other people's theories by the same standards they apply to their own work; it is as though scientists may believe that these criteria are independent of their own personal priorities and standards. As a result of this probably implicit belief, they sometimes may make less useful judgments than they otherwise might if they were able and willing to evaluate a specific theory at least partly in terms of the standards appropriate to that theory. Journal editors can play an especially constructive role in managing this diversity of standards and opinion.
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Department of Psychology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City 84112-0251, USA. shimp@psych.utah.edu
D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D008960:Models, Psychological; D010380:Peer Review / Q000592:standards*; D010506:Periodicals as Topic / Q000592:standards*; D010565:Persuasive Communication; D012586:Science / Q000592:standards*