In the replication crisis in psychology, a “tone debate” has developed. It concerns the question of how to conduct scientific debate effectively and ethically. How should scientists give critique without unnecessarily damaging relations? The increasing use of Facebook and Twitter by researchers has made this issue especially pressing, as these social technologies have greatly expanded the possibilities for conversation between academics, but there is little formal control over the debate. In this article, we show that psychologists have tried to solve this issue with various codes of conduct, with an appeal to virtues such as humility, and with practices of self-transformation. We also show that the polemical style of debate, popular in many scientific communities, is itself being questioned by psychologists. Following Shapin and Schaffer’s analysis of the ethics of Robert Boyle’s experimental philosophy in the 17th century, we trace the connections between knowledge, social order, and subjectivity as they are debated and revised by present-day psychologists.

在心理学的复制危机中，“语气辩论”已经发展起来。它涉及如何有效和合乎道德地进行科学辩论的问题。科学家应该如何进行批评而不会对关系造成不必要的破坏？研究人员越来越多地使用 Facebook 和 Twitter 使这个问题变得尤为紧迫，因为这些社交技术极大地扩大了学者之间对话的可能性，但对辩论的正式控制却很少。在本文中，我们展示了心理学家试图通过各种行为准则、诉诸谦逊等美德以及自我转变的实践来解决这个问题。我们还表明，在许多科学界流行的辩论风格本身也受到心理学家的质疑。