title: Carving nature at its joints: Paul Meehl's development of taxometrics.
abstract: This article presents a brief summary of Paul Meehl's development of taxometrics. Of special concern is the question, Why did Paul Meehl develop taxometrics? It is shown that taxometrics played an integral role in Meehl's broader research program on the genetics of schizotaxia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA. nwaller@umn.edu
authors.forename: Niels G
authors.initials: NG
authors.lastname: Waller
mesh_terms: D005197:Famous Persons; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D010641:Phenotype; D011584:Psychology / Q000266:history* / Q000379:methods*; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000145:classification* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014481:United States