Aids to Psychology

Aids to Psychology

Computational Models as Aids to Better Reasoning in Psychology

Scientists can reason about natural systems, including the mind and brain, in many ways, with each form of reasoning being associated with its own set of limitations. The limitations on human reasoning imply that the process of reasoning about theories and communicating those theories will be error prone; we must therefore be concerned about the reproducibility of theories whose very nature is ...

AIDS policy and psychology: a mechanism-design approach.

Economic theorists have given little attention to health-related externalities, such as those involved in the spread of AIDS. One reason for this is the critical role played by psychological factors, such as fear of testing, in the continued spread of the disease. We develop a model of AIDS transmission that acknowledges this form of fear. In this context we design a mechanism that not only enc...

From Folk Psychology to Naive Psychology

The notion of folk-psychology OS o primitive speculative theory of the mental is colled into question. There is cause to believe thot folk-psychology hos more in common with o nolve physics than with early speculative physical theorising. The distinction between these is elaborated. The conclusion drown is that commonsense ascription of psychological content, though not o suitable finlshlng poi...

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