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No Vivisectus, these principles are scientific, but maybe that word upsets people because they expect to see empirical data. Once again, it all depends on how you are defining the term.
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How about the standard definition? Why don't we go with that?
Scientific: Of, relating to, or employing the methodology of science.
Scientific method: a method of procedure that has characterized natural science since the 17th century, consisting in systematic observation, measurement, and experiment, and the formulation, testing, and modification of hypotheses.
The book is a philosophical work using his personal ideas of psychology.