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Reminiscences: Excerpts From The Diary of a Behaviorist: The Search for a Science of Psychology, the Early Years

Reminiscences: Excerpts From The Diary of a Behaviorist: The Search for a Science of Psychology,... Behavior and Social Issues, Volume 5, No. 2, Fall 1995 REMINISCENCES : EXCERPT S FROM THE DIARY OF A BEHAVIORIST : THE SEARCH FO R A SCIENCE OF PSYCHOLOGY , THE EARLY YEARS J . Gilmour Sherman In his preface to Virginia Woolf's A Writer's Diary Leonard Woolf wrote , "It is , I think, nearly always a mistake to publish extracts from diaries or letters ... " H e noted the distortions produce d by selection and the omissions required to protect "th e feelings or reputations of th e living." Quite indifferent to the latter concern, the editor s of The Noel Coward Diaries stated explicitly that they saw no duty to preserv e the reputations of those living or dead, but were, they pointed out, still subject to the laws of libel. Then there was the diary-like material of Truman Capote' s "La Cote Basque" piece from Answered Prayers published in Esquire. See all the trouble that got hi m into. There is danger in diaries even whe n expurgated. Ye t the famous diarist Samuel Pepys gives us an eyewitness account of th e great Londo n fire that is a classic. Samuel Sewell's diary http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Behavior and Social Issues Springer Journals

Reminiscences: Excerpts From The Diary of a Behaviorist: The Search for a Science of Psychology, the Early Years

Sherman, J.
Behavior and Social Issues , Volume 5 (2) – Oct 1, 1995
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Behavior and Social Issues, Volume 5, No. 2, Fall 1995 REMINISCENCES : EXCERPT S FROM THE DIARY OF A BEHAVIORIST : THE SEARCH FO R A SCIENCE OF PSYCHOLOGY , THE EARLY YEARS J . Gilmour Sherman In his preface to Virginia Woolf's A Writer's Diary Leonard Woolf wrote , "It is , I think, nearly always a mistake to publish extracts from diaries or letters ... " H e noted the distortions produce d by selection and the omissions required to protect "th e feelings or reputations of th e living." Quite indifferent to the latter concern, the editor s of The Noel Coward Diaries stated explicitly that they saw no duty to preserv e the reputations of those living or dead, but were, they pointed out, still subject to the laws of libel. Then there was the diary-like material of Truman Capote' s "La Cote Basque" piece from Answered Prayers published in Esquire. See all the trouble that got hi m into. There is danger in diaries even whe n expurgated. Ye t the famous diarist Samuel Pepys gives us an eyewitness account of th e great Londo n fire that is a classic. Samuel Sewell's diary

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