The Probabilistic Mind: Prospects for Bayesian Cognitive ScienceNick Chater, Mike Oaksford The rational analysis method, first proposed by John R. Anderson, has been enormously influential in helping us understand high-level cognitive processes. The Probabilistic Mind is a follow-up to the influential and highly cited 'Rational Models of Cognition' (OUP, 1998). It brings together developments in understanding how, and how far, high-level cognitive processes can be understood in rational terms, and particularly using probabilistic Bayesian methods. It synthesizes and evaluates the progress in the past decade, taking into account developments in Bayesian statistics, statistical analysis of the cognitive 'environment' and a variety of theoretical and experimental lines of research. The scope of the book is broad, covering important recent work in reasoning, decision making, categorization, and memory. Including chapters from many of the leading figures in this field, The Probabilistic Mind will be valuable for psychologists and philosophers interested in cognition. |
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... independent variables U , V , W , X , are based on different experi- ments , each of which includes a different subset of , say , two independent variables : U , V ; U , W ; U , X , and so forth . Researchers then combine the findings ...
... independent variables U , V , W , X , are based on different experi- ments , each of which includes a different subset of , say , two independent variables : U , V ; U , W ; U , X , and so forth . Researchers then combine the findings ...
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... independent ( Castillo et al . , 1997 ) . The part of the figure to the left is the real world producing observations from this causal structure . Inside the observers head , cogni- tion assumes this causal structure and the goal is to ...
... independent ( Castillo et al . , 1997 ) . The part of the figure to the left is the real world producing observations from this causal structure . Inside the observers head , cogni- tion assumes this causal structure and the goal is to ...
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... independent conditional on the states of their common cause . Model B ( middle ) represents a causal chain , which has similar implications . The initial cause should covary with effect_1 and effect_2 , which is caused by effect_1 . Due ...
... independent conditional on the states of their common cause . Model B ( middle ) represents a causal chain , which has similar implications . The initial cause should covary with effect_1 and effect_2 , which is caused by effect_1 . Due ...
Contents
prospects for a Bayesian cognitive science | 3 |
A primer on probabilistic inference | 33 |
Rational analyses instrumentalism and implementations | 59 |
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