Rationality In An Uncertain World (eBook, ePUB)

Essays In The Cognitive Science Of Human Understanding
Redaktion: Chater, Nick; Oaksford, Mike

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The essays in this work focus on problems with logic-based approaches to human reasoning, showing how a probablistic approach can provide a more psychologically plausible, computationally viable and philosophically respectable account of human

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 348
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. August 2004
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135471743
• Artikelnr.: 47890957

Autorenporträt

Nick Chater, Mike Oaksford

Inhaltsangabe

Part I: problems with logicism
autonomy, implementation and cognitive architecture - a reply to Fodor and Pylyshyn
connectionism, classical cognitive science, and experimental psychology
against logicist cognitive science I - the core argument
against logicist cognitive science II - objections and replies
reasoning theories and bounded rationality
bounded rationlity in taking risks and drawing inferences
logicism and everyday reasoning - mental methods and mental logic
the falsity of folk theories - implications for psychology and philosophy. Part II: the probablistic approach
a rational analysis of the selection task I - optimal data selection
a rational analysis of the selection task II - abstract materials
a rational analysis of the selection task III - thematic materials
a rational analysis of the selection task IV - implications
rational explanation of the selection task
information gain explains relevance, which explains the selection
current developments and future directions.