1st Edition

Time, Space, and Number in Physics and Psychology

By William R. Uttal Copyright 2008
204 Pages
by Psychology Press

204 Pages
by Psychology Press

204 Pages
by Psychology Press

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... Read more

Preface.  1. Time, Space, and Number in Physics  2. Cardinality, Measurability, and Quantifiability of Psychological Phenomena  3. Psychological Paradoxes in Time and Space  4. Statistics and Mathematics in Psychology and Physics  5. General Conclusion: How Cognitive Inaccessibility Influences the Great Controversies of Psychology.  References.  Author Index.  Subject Index.

Biography

William R. Uttal