An Exchange With John F. Galliher on Lindesmith's Theory of Addiction

The appendix presents a commentary by John F. Galliher on chapter 3, published in the same journal in which that chapter originally appeared, and a reply by the author to that commentary. Galliher and the author reflect on Lindesmith’s theory of addiction, putting on exhibit the dialogical crucible in which responses to Lindesmith and, by implication, the book’s argument more generally have been forged. It thereby highlights in specific terms how scientific work is responsive to the intellectual contexts within which it arises and evolves.