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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... relative to other potential mechanistic theories . One can even determine the optimality of a theory relative to ones that have exactly the same overall input - output relation . The current agnosticism about mechanisms that one finds ...
... relative to other potential mechanistic theories . One can even determine the optimality of a theory relative to ones that have exactly the same overall input - output relation . The current agnosticism about mechanisms that one finds ...
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... relative frequencies of outcomes . People drew a median sample of 33 draws ( relative to 15 draws in Hertwig et al . ) from both decks . In the second experiment , participants were required to make 100 draws from both decks . Both ...
... relative frequencies of outcomes . People drew a median sample of 33 draws ( relative to 15 draws in Hertwig et al . ) from both decks . In the second experiment , participants were required to make 100 draws from both decks . Both ...
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... ( relative to the compromise ) and one large disadvantage ( relative to each other extreme ) . Similarly , the attraction effect is obtained because the dissimilar option , B , has two large disadvantages ( rela- tive to A and D ) , while ...
... ( relative to the compromise ) and one large disadvantage ( relative to each other extreme ) . Similarly , the attraction effect is obtained because the dissimilar option , B , has two large disadvantages ( rela- tive to A and D ) , while ...
Contents
prospects for a Bayesian cognitive science | 3 |
A primer on probabilistic inference | 33 |
Rational analyses instrumentalism and implementations | 59 |
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