Paul E. Meehl

A Paul Meehl Reader: Essays on the Practice of Scientific Psychology

Updating themes found in Meehl's classic Psychodiagnosis book, this selection of basic and newer works is organized by topics with section introductions by the editors (shown below). Includes a DVD with photos and video of Meehl lecturing on clinical vs. actuarial prediction. Available from Taylor & Francis.

Twelve years of Correspondence with Paul Meehl: Tough Notes from a Gentle Genius

by Donald R. Peterson

Paul Meehl's student, Donald R. Peterson, published this collection of their letters and emails in 2005. It provides a more intimate look at the lives and thinking of both men.

Available from Taylor & Francis

Multivariate Taxometric Procedures: Distinguishing Types from Continua

Available from Sage

Clinical versus Statistical Prediction:
A theoretical analysis and a review of the evidence

Published in 1954 by the University of Minnesota Press, this is Meehl's famous examination of the clinical versus actuarial prediction issue. It was reprinted in paperback with a new Preface in 1996, by Jason Aronson, Northvale, NJ. Now out of print, the book may be viewed here.

More books

An Atlas for the Clinical Use of the MMPI. S. R. Hathaway & P. E. Meehl. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1951.

Modern Learning Theory. W. K. Estes, S. Koch, K. MacCorquodale, P. E. Meehl, C. G. Mueller, W. N. Schoenfeld, & W. S. Verplanck. New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1954.

• The chapter on E. C. Tolman by Kenneth MacCorquodale and Paul Meehl includes Meehl's classic discussion of the concept of a response.

Psychodiagnosis: Selected Papers. P. E. Meehl. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1973.

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Selected Philosophical Papers. (Edited by C. A. Anderson and K. Gunderson). Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1991.

• Throughout his career as a psychologist, Paul Meehl also contributed to the philosophical literature with probing and witty analyses. The unusual scope and imagination of his work are revealed in this collection as Meehl explores the mind-body problem, freedom and determinism, psychoanalytic explanation, theory appraisal, moral aspects of insanity and the law, and precognitive telepathy.
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Publications grouped by major focus

Clinical Theory and Practice	Learning Theory	Significance Testing
Psychotherapy	Training and Credentialing	Philosophy-General
Psychoanalysis	Standards	Philosophy of Science
Case Studies	Clinical vs. Actuarial Prediction	Cliometric Metatheory
Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI)	Psychological Measurement	Psychology and Law
Hedonic Capacity	Factor Analysis	Psychology and Politics
Schizophrenia	Causal Analysis	Psychology and Religion
Behavior Genetics	Taxometrics	Parapsychology
		Other

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