Good theory is deliberately one-sided and falsifiable, not eclectic

Evidence

The remedy is to regard theory as what it is: a tool of explanation, not something that models all facets of the concrete. We want deliberate one-sidedness that may fall in clean, competitive tests, not deliberate, or face-saving, eclecticism. — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 4381 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Critical Theory rejected falsifiability because social truths imply possible alternatives to present order — Martin Jay, The Dialectical Imagination: A History…, 302; Theory should be a deliberately one-sided tool that risks falsification — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 4381; Theory is valuable only when one must struggle against it — Hall, Stuart, Essential Essays, Volume 1, 242 (+3 more)

Broader Connections

• Theory should be a deliberately one-sided tool that risks falsification #corroborates (0.97) — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 4381