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LPCD framework: Analytical tool or psychological model?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 January 2019

David Danks*
Affiliation:
Departments of Philosophy and Psychology, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213. [email protected]://www.cmu.edu/dietrich/philosophy/people/faculty/danks.html

Abstract

The target article uses a mathematical framework derived from Bayesian decision making to demonstrate suboptimal decision making but then attributes psychological reality to the framework components. Rahnev & Denison's (R&D) positive proposal thus risks ignoring plausible psychological theories that could implement complex perceptual decision making. We must be careful not to slide from success with an analytical tool to the reality of the tool components.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2018 

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