Lore-abiding people. [Review of: Kusch, Martin, Psychological knowledge: a social history and philosophy. Routledge, 1999].
I evaluate Kusch's arguments that everyday and scientific psychological benefits are made true by the institutional facts about the people to whom they are applied. I conclude that institutional facts are among the truth-makers of such beliefs, and that this is a very significant point to have made, but that they are unlikely to be the sole such truth-makers.
Morton
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Department of Philosophy, University of Bristol, UK.
D005495:Folklore; D006663:Historiography; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D011584:Psychology / Q000266:history*