Oaksford, Mike and Chater, N. (2016) Probabilities, causation, and logic programming in conditional reasoning: reply to Stenning and Van Lambalgen (2016). Thinking & Reasoning 22 (3), pp. 336-354. ISSN 1354-6783.
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Abstract
Oaksford and Chater (2014, Thinking and Reasoning, 20, 269–295) critiqued the logic programming (LP) approach to nonmonotonicity and proposed that a Bayesian probabilistic approach to conditional reasoning provided a more empirically adequate theory. The current paper is a reply to Stenning and van Lambalgen's rejoinder to this earlier paper entitled ‘Logic programming, probability, and two-system accounts of reasoning: a rejoinder to Oaksford and Chater’ (2016) in Thinking and Reasoning. It is argued that causation is basic in human cognition and that explaining how abnormality lists are created in LP requires causal models. Each specific rejoinder to the original critique is then addressed. While many areas of agreement are identified, with respect to the key differences, it is concluded the current evidence favours the Bayesian approach, at least for the moment.
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| Item Type: | Article |
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| Additional Information: | This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis, available online at the link above. |
| Keyword(s) / Subject(s): | Probability, causation, logical programming, causal Bayes nets |
| School: | Birkbeck Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Science > School of Psychological Sciences |
| Depositing User: | Administrator |
| Date Deposited: | 22 Jun 2016 13:45 |
| Last Modified: | 06 Mar 2025 12:49 |
| URI: | https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/15613 |
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