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Time, Space, and Number in Physics and Psychology (Psychology Revivals) (Paperback) Loot Price: R1,676
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Time, Space, and Number in Physics and Psychology (Psychology Revivals) (Paperback): William R. Uttal

Time, Space, and Number in Physics and Psychology (Psychology Revivals) (Paperback)

William R. Uttal

Series: Psychology Revivals

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The crux of the debate between proponents of behavioral psychology and cognitive psychology focuses on the issue of accessibility. Cognitivists believe that mental mechanisms and processes are accessible, and that their inner workings can be inferred from experimental observations of behavior. Behaviorists, on the contrary, believe that mental processes and mechanisms are inaccessible, and that nothing important about them can be inferred from even the most cleverly designed empirical studies. One argument that is repeatedly raised by cognitivists is that even though mental processes are not directly accessible, this should not be a barrier to unravelling the nature of the inner mental processes and mechanisms. Inference works for other sciences, such as physics, so why not psychology? If physics can work so successfully with their kind of inaccessibility to make enormous theoretical progress, then why not psychology? As with most previous psychological debates, there is no "killer argument" that can provide an unambiguous resolution. In its absence, author William Uttal explores the differing properties of physical and psychological time, space, and mathematics before coming to the conclusion that there are major discrepancies between the properties of the respective subject matters that make the analogy of comparable inaccessibilities a false one.

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Imprint: Psychology Press
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Series: Psychology Revivals
Release date: April 2016
First published: 2008
Authors: William R. Uttal
Dimensions: 234 x 156mm (L x W)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 188
ISBN-13: 978-1-138-83972-4
Categories: Books > Social sciences > Psychology > Psychological methodology > General
Books > Social sciences > Psychology > Cognition & cognitive psychology > General
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LSN: 1-138-83972-8
Barcode: 9781138839724

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