The author responds to Foster and Ledbetter (1987) with her own brief critique of the anti-psychologists and a review of basic epistemological issues. Rather than support their apologetic for scientific methodism, she summarizes some dissenting voices from philosophical psychology and introduces the revisionist critique of history. She asserts that “philosophizing psychology” may be a viable alternative to “humanizing science.”
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