Fun quote from Raymond Cattell on the importance of taxonomies

-Thanks Joel.  Cattell had a keen interest in taxnomies.  There is an interesting quote in a letter between he and Jack Carroll about organizing an effort to set a standard taxonomy system via APA in my 2009 Intelligence article (http://www.iapsych.com/articles/mcgrew2009.pdf)

W. Joel Schneider posted: "Raymond Cattell (1987, p. 61): A taxonomy of abilities, like a taxonomy anywhere else in science, is apt to strike a certain type of impatient student as a gratuitous orgy of pedantry. Doubtless, compulsions to intellectual tidiness express themselves pr" Respond to this post by replying above this line New post on Assessing Psyche, Engaging Gauss, Seeking Sophia Fun quote from Raymond Cattell on the importance of taxonomies by W. Joel Schneider Raymond Cattell (1987, p. 61): A taxonomy of abilities, like a taxonomy anywhere else in science, is apt to strike a certain type of impatient student as a gratuitous orgy of pedantry. Doubtless, compulsions to intellectual tidiness express themselves prematurely at times, and excessively at others, but a good descriptive taxonomy, as Darwin found in developing his theory, and as Newton found in the work of Kepler, is the mother of laws and theories. Raymond Cattell (1905–1998) W. Joel Schneider | February 17, 2014 at 2:36 pm | Tags: Raymond Cattell, Taxonomies | Categories: History of Intelligence Theories | URL: http://wp.me/p177GY-la Comment    See all comments Unsubscribe to no longer receive posts from Assessing Psyche, Engaging Gauss, Seeking Sophia. Change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://assessingpsyche.wordpress.com/2014/02/17/fun-quote-from-raymond-cattell-on-the-importance-of-taxonomies/ Thanks for flying with WordPress.com