Repensando la estructura conceptual del contínuum filosofía-psicología: uso de Big Data y minería de datos para analizar la transformación conceptual de la filosofía y la psicología

Abstract

The so called cognitive ontology (conceptual knowledge base) of the Cognitive Atlas project (http://www.cognitiveatlas.org/) -that characterizes the current state of thinking in cognitive sciences- and the Google Ngram Viewer and other data mining tools for analysis were used to assess the philosophical-psychological conceptual transformation from the textual corpus of two classical works within philosophy (Critique of Pure Reason, Kant) and psychology (Principles of Psychology, by James), respectively; in order to ask ourselves: What proportion of philosophical concepts from 1700 are still scientifically valid in psychology in terms of their use and frequency? How many concepts that appear in the cognitive ontology (Cognitive Atlas) also appear in these classic works of Philosophy (Critique of Pure Reason, by Kant) and Psychology (Principles of Psychology, by James)? How many concepts used in these two classics works have already been dismissed for being pre-scientific or maintained? Seems to us that the use of Big Data and other tools of statistical analysis can solve with data and evidence long-debated issues on the historical origin of terms, the conceptual transformation and progress of the disciplines.

Keywords

• Big Data
• digital humanities
• data mining
• data-driven philosophy
• cognitive ontology