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Bayes, Levi, and the taxicabs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 April 2001

Samir Okasha
Samir Okasha
Affiliation:
Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method, London School of Economics, London WC2A 2AE, [email protected]
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Abstract

Stanovich & West (S&W) are wrong to think that all “reject-the-norm” theorists simply wish to reduce the normative/descriptive gap. They have misunderstood Issac Levi's reasons for rejecting Tversky and Kahneman's normative assumptions in the “base-rate” experiments. In their discussion of the taxicab experiment, (S&W) erroneously claim that subjects' responses indicate whether they have reasoned in accordance with Bayesian principles or not.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 23 , Issue 5 , October 2000 , pp. 693
Copyright
© 2000 Cambridge University Press

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