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Mathematical Psychology

This project investigates mathematical psychology's historical and philosophical foundations to clarify its distinguishing characteristics and relationships to adjacent fields. Through gathering primary sources, histories, and interviews with researchers, author Prof. Colin Allen - University of Pittsburgh [1, 2, 3] and his students Osman Attah, Brendan Fleig-Goldstein, Mara McGuire, and Dzintra Ullis have identified three central questions:

What makes the use of mathematics in mathematical psychology reasonably effective, in contrast to other sciences like physics-inspired mathematical biology or symbolic cognitive science?
How does the mathematical approach in mathematical psychology differ from other branches of psychology, like psychophysics and psychometrics?
What is the appropriate relationship of mathematical psychology to cognitive science, given diverging perspectives on aligning with this field?

Preliminary findings emphasize data-driven modeling, skepticism of cognitive science alignments, and early reliance on computation. They will further probe the interplay with cognitive neuroscience and contrast rational-analysis approaches. By elucidating the motivating perspectives and objectives of different eras in mathematical psychology's development, they aim to understand its past and inform constructive dialogue on its philosophical foundations and future directions. This project intends to provide a conceptual roadmap for the field through integrated history and philosophy of science.

The Project: Integrating History and Philosophy of Mathematical Psychology

This project aims to integrate historical and philosophical perspectives to elucidate the foundations of mathematical psychology. As Norwood Hanson stated, history without philosophy is blind, while philosophy without history is empty. The goal is to find a middle ground between the contextual focus of history and the conceptual focus of philosophy.

The team acknowledges that all historical accounts are imperfect, but some can provide valuable insights. The history of mathematical psychology is difficult to tell without centering on the influential Stanford group. Tracing academic lineages and key events includes part of the picture, but more context is needed to fully understand the field's development.

The project draws on diverse sources, including research interviews, retrospective articles, formal histories, and online materials. More interviews and research will further flesh out the historical and philosophical foundations. While incomplete, the current analysis aims to identify important themes, contrasts, and questions that shaped mathematical psychology's evolution. Ultimately, the goal is an integrated historical and conceptual roadmap to inform contemporary perspectives on the field's identity and future directions.

The Rise of Mathematical Psychology

The history of efforts to mathematize psychology traces back to the quantitative imperative stemming from the Galilean scientific revolution. This imprinted the notion that proper science requires mathematics, leading to "physics envy" in other disciplines like psychology.

Many early psychologists argued psychology needed to become mathematical to be scientific. However, mathematizing psychology faced complications absent in the physical sciences. Objects in psychology were not readily present as quantifiable, provoking heated debates on whether psychometric and psychophysical measurements were meaningful.

Nonetheless, the desire to develop mathematical psychology persisted. Different approaches grappled with determining the appropriate role of mathematics in relation to psychological experiments and data. For example, Herbart favored starting with mathematics to ensure accuracy, while Fechner insisted experiments must come first to ground mathematics.

Tensions remain between data-driven versus theory-driven mathematization of psychology. Contemporary perspectives range from psychometric and psychophysical stances that foreground data to measurement-theoretical and computational approaches that emphasize formal models.

Elucidating how psychologists negotiated to apply mathematical methods to an apparently resistant subject matter helps reveal the evolving role and place of mathematics in psychology. This historical interplay shaped the emergence of mathematical psychology as a field.

The Distinctive Mathematical Approach of Mathematical Psychology

What sets mathematical psychology apart from other branches of psychology in its use of mathematics?

Several key aspects stand out:

Advocating quantitative methods broadly. Mathematical psychology emerged partly to push psychology to embrace quantitative modeling and mathematics beyond basic statistics.
Drawing from diverse mathematical tools. With greater training in mathematics, mathematical psychologists utilize more advanced and varied mathematical techniques like topology and differential geometry.
Linking models and experiments. Mathematical psychologists emphasize tightly connecting experimental design and statistical analysis, with experiments created to test specific models.
Favoring theoretical models. Mathematical psychology incorporates "pure" mathematical results and prefers analytic, hand-fitted models over data-driven computer models.
Seeking general, cumulative theory. Unlike just describing data, mathematical psychology aspires to abstract, general theory supported across experiments, cumulative progress in models, and mathematical insight into psychological mechanisms.

So while not unique to mathematical psychology, these key elements help characterize how its use of mathematics diverges from adjacent fields like psychophysics and psychometrics. Mathematical psychology carved out an identity embracing quantitative methods but also theoretical depth and broad generalization.

Situating Mathematical Psychology Relative to Cognitive Science

What is the appropriate perspective on mathematical psychology's relationship to cognitive psychology and cognitive science? While connected historically and conceptually, essential distinctions exist.

Mathematical psychology draws from diverse disciplines that are also influential in cognitive science, like computer science, psychology, linguistics, and neuroscience. However, mathematical psychology appears more skeptical of alignments with cognitive science.

For example, cognitive science prominently adopted the computer as a model of the human mind, while mathematical psychology focused more narrowly on computers as modeling tools.

Additionally, mathematical psychology seems to take a more critical stance towards purely simulation-based modeling in cognitive science, instead emphasizing iterative modeling tightly linked to experimentation.

Overall, mathematical psychology exhibits significant overlap with cognitive science but strongly asserts its distinct mathematical orientation and modeling perspectives. Elucidating this complex relationship remains an ongoing project, but preliminary analysis suggests mathematical psychology intentionally diverged from cognitive science in its formative development.

This establishes mathematical psychology's separate identity while retaining connections to adjacent disciplines at the intersection of mathematics, psychology, and computation.

Looking Ahead: Open Questions and Future Research

This historical and conceptual analysis of mathematical psychology's foundations has illuminated key themes, contrasts, and questions that shaped the field's development. Further research can build on these preliminary findings.

Additional work is needed to flesh out the fuller intellectual, social, and political context driving the evolution of mathematical psychology. Examining the influences and reactions of key figures will provide a richer picture.

Ongoing investigation can probe whether the identified tensions and contrasts represent historical artifacts or still animate contemporary debates. Do mathematical psychologists today grapple with similar questions on the role of mathematics and modeling?

Further analysis should also elucidate the nature of the purported bidirectional relationship between modeling and experimentation in mathematical psychology. As well, clarifying the diversity of perspectives on goals like generality, abstraction, and cumulative theory-building would be valuable.

Finally, this research aims to spur discussion on philosophical issues such as realism, pluralism, and progress in mathematical psychology models. Is the accuracy and truth value of models an important consideration or mainly beside the point? And where is the field headed - towards greater verisimilitude or an indefinite balancing of complexity and abstraction?

By spurring reflection on this conceptual foundation, this historical and integrative analysis hopes to provide a roadmap to inform constructive dialogue on mathematical psychology's identity and future trajectory.

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Ердийн хуваарилалт, Уильям далайн эргэлт (оюутан) r = 0.033

Энгийн бус хуваарилалт, Spearman r = 0.0013

Зөвхөн үр дүнг харуул > r = 0.033

Хувиарилалт	Энзлийн биш	Энзлийн биш	Энзлийн биш	Хэвийн байдал	Хэвийн байдал	Хэвийн байдал	Хэвийн байдал	Хэвийн байдал
Бүх асуулт Бүх асуулт Миний хамгийн том айдас бол
Миний хамгийн том айдас бол
Answer 1	-	Сул эерэг 0.0536	Сул эерэг 0.0297	Сул сул -0.0174	Сул эерэг 0.0910	Сул эерэг 0.0303	Сул сул -0.0114	Сул сул -0.1522
Answer 2	-	Сул эерэг 0.0197	Сул сул -0.0002	Сул сул -0.0449	Сул эерэг 0.0661	Сул эерэг 0.0446	Сул эерэг 0.0121	Сул сул -0.0926
Answer 3	-	Сул сул -0.0055	Сул сул -0.0120	Сул сул -0.0413	Сул сул -0.0450	Сул эерэг 0.0473	Сул эерэг 0.0789	Сул сул -0.0205
Answer 4	-	Сул эерэг 0.0427	Сул эерэг 0.0339	Сул сул -0.0192	Сул эерэг 0.0153	Сул эерэг 0.0305	Сул эерэг 0.0210	Сул сул -0.0983
Answer 5	-	Сул эерэг 0.0252	Сул эерэг 0.1256	Сул эерэг 0.0135	Сул эерэг 0.0733	Сул сул -0.0016	Сул сул -0.0198	Сул сул -0.1742
Answer 6	-	Сул сул -0.0024	Сул эерэг 0.0078	Сул сул -0.0633	Сул сул -0.0069	Сул эерэг 0.0198	Сул эерэг 0.0835	Сул сул -0.0330
Answer 7	-	Сул эерэг 0.0112	Сул эерэг 0.0375	Сул сул -0.0688	Сул сул -0.0225	Сул эерэг 0.0471	Сул эерэг 0.0647	Сул сул -0.0528
Answer 8	-	Сул эерэг 0.0698	Сул эерэг 0.0830	Сул сул -0.0314	Сул эерэг 0.0137	Сул эерэг 0.0350	Сул эерэг 0.0144	Сул сул -0.1376
Answer 9	-	Сул эерэг 0.0644	Сул эерэг 0.1664	Сул эерэг 0.0083	Сул эерэг 0.0702	Сул сул -0.0136	Сул сул -0.0517	Сул сул -0.1830
Answer 10	-	Сул эерэг 0.0760	Сул эерэг 0.0738	Сул сул -0.0199	Сул эерэг 0.0242	Сул эерэг 0.0319	Сул сул -0.0149	Сул сул -0.1320
Answer 11	-	Сул эерэг 0.0580	Сул эерэг 0.0514	Сул сул -0.0111	Сул эерэг 0.0076	Сул эерэг 0.0206	Сул эерэг 0.0318	Сул сул -0.1213
Answer 12	-	Сул эерэг 0.0367	Сул эерэг 0.1023	Сул сул -0.0355	Сул эерэг 0.0359	Сул эерэг 0.0245	Сул эерэг 0.0286	Сул сул -0.1524
Answer 13	-	Сул эерэг 0.0619	Сул эерэг 0.1049	Сул сул -0.0451	Сул эерэг 0.0281	Сул эерэг 0.0412	Сул эерэг 0.0173	Сул сул -0.1609
Answer 14	-	Сул эерэг 0.0707	Сул эерэг 0.1011	Сул эерэг 7.75E-5	Сул сул -0.0083	Сул сул -0.0012	Сул эерэг 0.0083	Сул сул -0.1182
Answer 15	-	Сул эерэг 0.0549	Сул эерэг 0.1358	Сул сул -0.0409	Сул эерэг 0.0176	Сул сул -0.0163	Сул эерэг 0.0208	Сул сул -0.1180
Answer 16	-	Сул эерэг 0.0582	Сул эерэг 0.0259	Сул сул -0.0395	Сул сул -0.0403	Сул эерэг 0.0652	Сул эерэг 0.0283	Сул сул -0.0717

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