Views and Their Reception
Examples of publications in which Eysenck's views have roused controversy include (chronologically):
- A paper in the 1950s concluding that available data "fail to support the hypothesis that psychotherapy facilitates recovery from neurotic disorder".
- A chapter in Uses and Abuses of Psychology (1953) entitled "What is wrong with psychoanalysis".
- Race, Intelligence and Education (1971) (in the US: The IQ Argument).
- Sex, Violence and the Media (1978).
- Astrology — Science or Superstition? (1982).
- Smoking, Personality and Stress (1991).
Eysenck’s attitude was summarised in his autobiography Rebel with a Cause (Transaction Publishers, 1997, ISBN 1-56000-938-1): "I always felt that a scientist owes the world only one thing, and that is the truth as he sees it. If the truth contradicts deeply held beliefs, that is too bad. Tact and diplomacy are fine in international relations, in politics, perhaps even in business; in science only one thing matters, and that is the facts." He was one of the signers of the Humanist Manifesto.
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