Bayesian Rationality: The Probabilistic Approach to Human Reasoning (Oxford Cognitive Science Series)

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. 1. Logic And The Western Concept Of Mind -- 2. Rationality And Rational Analysis -- 3. Reasoning In The Real World : How Much Deduction Is There? -- 4. The Probabilistic Turn -- 5. Does The Exception Prove The Rule? : How People Reason With Conditionals -- 6. Being Economical With The Evidence : Collecting Data And Testing Hypotheses -- 7. An Uncertain Quantity : How People Reason With Syllogisms -- 8. The Rational Analysis Of Mind : A Dialogue. Mike Oaksford, Nick Chater. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [293]-322) And Index.