Bayesian Rationality: The Probabilistic Approach to Human Reasoning
- ISBN-10
- 0198524498
- ISBN-13
- 9780198524496
- Category
- Philosophy
- Pages
- 330
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2007-02-22
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Authors
- Nick Chater, Mike Oaksford
Description
For almost 2,500 years, the Western concept of what is to be human has been dominated by the idea that the mind is the seat of reason - humans are, almost by definition, the rational animal. In this text a more radical suggestion for explaining these puzzling aspects of human reasoning is put forward.
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