The role of science in behavioral disorders

A scientific rule-governed approach to solving problems suggests assumption s that (a) we need different rules for different purposes, (b) all rules ar e grounded in values, (c) the origins and appropriate application of partic ular rules are often misunderstood, (d) personal experience and the popular ity of ideas are often unreliable, and (e) all truths are tentative. Each a ssumption is related to behavioral disorders, and a rule-governed approach to problems of living is contrasted to the approach of mules.