The probabilistic mind

The probabilistic mind: prospects for Bayesian cognitive science

by Chater, Nick Oaksford, M., (Mike)

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  • Full title :The probabilistic mind : prospects for Bayesian cognitive science / edited by Nick Chater and Mike Oaksford.

Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2008.

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The Physical Object

  • Description:viii, 525 pages : : illustrations ; : 24 cm

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9780199216093, 0199216096
  • oclc:ocn429485249
  • LC Classification:BF311
  • Dewey Decimal:153

Table of Contents

pt. 1. Foundations. The probabilistic mind : prospects for a Bayesian cognitive science / Nick Chater & Mike Oaksford -- A primer on probabilistic inference / Thomas L. Griffiths & Alan Yuille -- Rational analyses, instrumentalism, and implementations / David Danks -- pt. 2. Inference and argument. Framing effects and rationality / Shlomi Sher & Craig R.M. McKenzie -- Probability logic and the Modus Ponens- Modus Tollens asymmetry in conditional inference / Mike Oaksford & Nick Chater -- Inference from absence in language and thought / Ulrike Hahn & Mike Oaksford -- Towards a rational theory of human information acquisition / Jonathan Nelson -- Pseudocontingencies : a key paradigm for understanding adaptive cognition / Klaus Fiedler -- pt. 3. Judgement and decision-making. Bayesian brains and cognitive mechanisms : harmony or dissonance? / Henry Brighton & Gerd Gigerenzer -- The game of life : how small samples render choice simple / Ralph Hertwig & Timothy J. Pleskac -- The naïve intuitive statistician : organism-environment relations from yet another angle / Patrik Hansson, Peter Juslin & Anders Winman -- A decision-by-sampling account of decision under risk / Neil Stewart & Kei…

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