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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... people are actually computing . Generally this involves first choosing a modeling framework ( normally Bayesian analysis ) and then representing people's task assump- tions within that framework . This kind of analysis involves a ...
... People are exquisitely sensitive to the logic of intervention . Sloman and Lagnado ( 2004 ) gave people simple and ... people's sensitivity to this logic by giving people questions like the following : a . The power strip isn't working ...
... people can toler- ate cold water for longer if they have a healthy type of heart , while the other half was told that ... people's mood , their well - being , and their self - esteem ( Taylor & Brown , 1988 , 1994 ) . 492 THE VALUE OF ...
Contents
prospects for a Bayesian cognitive science | 3 |
A primer on probabilistic inference | 33 |
Rational analyses instrumentalism and implementations | 59 |
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