AMPLIATIVE INFERENCE - ON CHOOSING A PROBABILITY-DISTRIBUTION

Authors
OSHERSON D SHAFIR E SMITH EE
Citation
D. Osherson et al., AMPLIATIVE INFERENCE - ON CHOOSING A PROBABILITY-DISTRIBUTION, Cognition, 49(3), 1993, pp. 189-210
Citations number
58
Categorie Soggetti
Psychology, Experimental
Journal title
Cognition → ACNP
ISSN journal
00100277
Volume
49
Issue
3
Year of publication
1993
Pages
189 - 210
Database
ISI
SICI code
0010-0277(1993)49:3<189:AI-OCA>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
Ampliative inference is the choice of a probability distribution on th e basis of incomplete information. We consider some psychological and normative questions that arise about this kind of reasoning. The discu ssion is largely tutorial although a substantive hypothesis is also ad vanced.