Rationality In An Uncertain World: Essays In The Cognitive Science Of Human Understanding

Part I: problems with logicism autonomy, implementation and cognitive architecture - a reply to Fodor and Pylyshyn connectionism, classical cognitive science, and experimental psychology against logicist cognitive science I - the core argument against logicist cognitive science II - objections and replies reasoning theories and bounded rationality bounded rationlity in taking risks and drawing inferences logicism and everyday reasoning - mental methods and mental logic the falsity of folk theories - implications for psychology and philosophy. Part II: the probablistic approach a rational analysis of the selection task I - optimal data selection a rational analysis of the selection task II - abstract materials a rational analysis of the selection task III - thematic materials a rational analysis of the selection task IV - implications rational explanation of the selection task information gain explains relevance, which explains the selection current developments and future directions.