The questionable utility of "cognitive ability" in explaining cognitive illusions (2000)
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Abstract
ie notion of "cognitive ability" leads to paradoxical conclusions when invoked to explain Infielder and Piaget's research on class inclusion reasoning and research on the inclusion rule in the heuristics-and-biases program. The vague distinction between associative and rule-based reasoning overlooks the human capacity for semantic and pragmatic inferences, and consequently, makes intelligent inferences look like reasoning errors.
Bibliographic entry
Hertwig, R. (2000). The questionable utility of "cognitive ability" in explaining cognitive illusions. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 23, 678-679. (Full text)
Miscellaneous
| Publication year | 2000 | |
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| Document type: | Article | |
| Publication status: | Published | |
| External URL: | http://library.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/ft/rh/RH_Questionable_2000.pdf View | |
| Categories: | Expected UtilityCognitive Illusions | |
| Keywords: | inference |