Thanks, Lawrence! I liked this post which I think I’m going to bookmark and refer back to when I’m trying to think/write about analysis. I think t being disciplined about the distinction between these two types of definitions is crucial to think clearly.
I recently heard Buck use the terms “Model Psychology” and “Model Neuroscience” to distinguish types of analysis with small models. My understanding of his position in that public discussion was that people should distinguish between the two because (now using your terms) we shouldn’t confuse behavioural insights with mechanistic insights and this is a trap that people fall into, leading to some amount of miscalibrated confidence about how well we understand models. I suspect I have also fallen into this trap, so having this post to refer back to seems especially valuable.
Thanks, Lawrence! I liked this post which I think I’m going to bookmark and refer back to when I’m trying to think/write about analysis. I think t being disciplined about the distinction between these two types of definitions is crucial to think clearly.
I recently heard Buck use the terms “Model Psychology” and “Model Neuroscience” to distinguish types of analysis with small models. My understanding of his position in that public discussion was that people should distinguish between the two because (now using your terms) we shouldn’t confuse behavioural insights with mechanistic insights and this is a trap that people fall into, leading to some amount of miscalibrated confidence about how well we understand models. I suspect I have also fallen into this trap, so having this post to refer back to seems especially valuable.