Bayesian rationality
Subtitle: the probabilistic approach to human reasoning
By: Mike Oaksford, Nick Chater.
Contributors: Chater, Nick.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 330
ISBN-13: 9780198524502; 9780198524496
Subjects: Reasoning (Psychology); Practical reason
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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.