{"product_id":"time-space-and-number-in-william-r-uttal-9781138839724","title":"Time, Space, and Number in Physics and Psychology","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe crux of the debate between proponents of behavioral psychology and cognitive psychology focuses on the issue of \u003cem\u003eaccessibility\u003c\/em\u003e. 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne 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?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e William R. Uttal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1138839728\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781138839724\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Psychology Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/11\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 188\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"William R. Uttal","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48447854379263,"sku":"9781138839724","price":77.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_41e78af2-031a-4880-9476-be85f3f4c777.jpg?v=1777235256","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/time-space-and-number-in-william-r-uttal-9781138839724","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}