The Place and Role of Psychology in Cognitive Science: An International Survey
Title:
The Place and Role of Psychology in Cognitive Science: An International Survey
Author:
Denis, Michel
Appeared in:
International journal of psychology
Paging:
Volume 33 (1998) nr. 6 pages 377-395
Year:
1998-12-01
Contents:
This paper reports the results of an international survey on the place and role of psychology in cognitive science (CS). The respondents were psychological societies from 31 countries illustrating a variety of situations, from countries where psychology has been established as a science for a long time to countries where it has been established more recently and is still developing. The paper reviews topics covered by the CS approach, as well as research operations and initiatives taken in this domain. The analysis of responses reflects the belief that psychology, in general, has a central role in CS. This is based on epistemological considerations, as well as on the recognition of the methodological expertise of psychology for collecting and analyzing empirical data. Psychology is reported to have a unique integrative capacity and to take care to maintain the place of the human being at the centre of CS. Limitations and obstacles to the development of pluridisciplinary research on cognition are also reported, and information is provided on the training programmes in CS and the institutions that support research in this domain. Cet article rapporte les resultats d'une enquete internationale sur la place et le role de la psychologie dans le domaine des sciences cognitives. Des reponses ont ete recueillies aupres des societes de psychologie de 31 pays, certains dans lesquels la psychologie scientifique est etablie depuis longtemps et certains autres dans lesquels la psychologie, d'installation plus recente, est encore en train de se developper. L'article passe en revue les themes couverts par les sciences cognitives, ainsi que les operations de recherche et les initiatives prises dans ce domaine. L'analyse des reponses reflete la conviction que le role de la psychologie dans les sciences cognitives est central. Cette conviction s'appuie sur des considerations epistemologiques, mais aussi sur l'expertise methodologique reconnue de la psychologie dans la collecte et l'analyse des donnees empiriques. La psychologie est consideree pour sa capacite particuliere d'integration et son souci de maintenir le sujet humain au centre des sciences cognitives. Des limitations et des obstacles au developpement de la recherche pluridisciplinaire sur la cognition sont egalement rapportes. Des informations sont fournies sur les programmes de formation en sciences cognitives et sur les institutions qui soutiennent la recherche dans ce domaine.
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