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Bayesian rationality

by M. Oaksford, Mike Oaksford, Nick Chater · 2007

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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.

Reasoning (Psychology)Practical reasonCognitionBayesian statistical decision theoryBayes Theorem [MESH]Cognition [MESH]Probability [MESH]