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| Publication date |
2011
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| Journal |
Behavioral and Brain Sciences
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| Volume | Issue number |
34 | 4
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| Pages (from-to) |
192-193
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Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences (FMG) - Psychology Research Institute (PsyRes)
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| Abstract |
Jones & Love (J&L) suggest that Bayesian approaches to the explanation of human behavior should be constrained by mechanistic theories. We argue that their proposal misconstrues the relation between process models, such as the Bayesian model, and mechanisms. While mechanistic theories can answer specific issues that arise from the study of processes, one cannot expect them to provide constraints in general.
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| Document type |
Article
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| Note |
Comment on Jones, M. & Love, B.C. (2011). Bayesian fundamentalism or enlightenment? On the explanatory status and theoretical contributions of Bayesian models of cognition. --- Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 34 --- (4), 169-188.
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| Language |
English
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| Published at |
https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X11000215
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