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Information Pluralism and Some Informative Modes of Ignorance

open access: yesInformation, 2011
In this paper information concepts will be roughly divided into two categories: The cybernetic and the semiotic-pragmatic. They are further divided into three and four subcategories, respectively. The cybernetic conception of information, which comprises
Erkki Patokorpi
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Axiomatic rationality and ecological rationality [PDF]

open access: yesSynthese, 2019
AbstractAxiomatic rationality is defined in terms of conformity to abstract axioms. Savage (The foundations of statistics, Wiley, New York, 1954) limited axiomatic rationality tosmall worlds(S,C), that is, situations in which the exhaustive and mutually exclusive set of future statesSand their consequencesCare known.
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A Cue for Rational Reasoning: Introducing a Reference Point in Cognitive Reflection Tasks

open access: yesEurope's Journal of Psychology, 2019
The dual process framework posits that we reason using the quick System 1, and the deliberate System 2, both of which are part of our “adaptive toolbox”.
Kaja Damnjanović   +4 more
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Models of ecological rationality: The recognition heuristic. [PDF]

open access: yesPsychological Review, 2002
One view of heuristics is that they are imperfect versions of optimal statistical procedures considered too complicated for ordinary minds to carry out. In contrast, the authors consider heuristics to be adaptive strategies that evolved in tandem with fundamental psychological mechanisms.
Daniel G. Goldstein, Gerd Gigerenzer
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The ecological rationality of explanatory reasoning [PDF]

open access: yesStudies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A, 2020
There is growing evidence that explanatory considerations influence how people change their degrees of belief in light of new information. Recent studies indicate that this influence is systematic and may result from people's following a probabilistic update rule. While formally very similar to Bayes' rule, the rule or rules people appear to follow are
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Are humans too generous and too punitive? Using psychological principles to further debates about human social evolution

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2016
Are humans too generous and too punitive? Many researchers have concluded that classic theories of social evolution (e.g., direct reciprocity, reputation) are not sufficient to explain human cooperation; instead, group selection theories are needed.
Max Michael Krasnow   +2 more
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Can we remain rational in the large world? On some unexpected consequences of ecological rationality.

open access: yesZagadnienia Filozoficzne w Nauce, 2021
The paper outlines various concepts of rationality, their characteristics and consequences. In the first, most general part, the metaphysical, instrumental and discursive rationality is distinguished.
Marcin Gorazda
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An ecological perspective to cognitive limits [PDF]

open access: yesJudgment and Decision Making, 2008
Contrary to the common belief that more information is always better, Gigerenzer et al. (1999) showed that simple decision strategies which rely on little information can be quite successful.
Wolfgang Gaissmaier   +2 more
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Ethno-territorial traits, ecological rationality and communicative interaction in the Yoreme-Mayo celebrations

open access: yesRa Ximhai, 2022
The aim of this document is to explore the construct of ecological rationality, highlighting the role of animals and plants in religious and organizational animist traits, in the traditional celebrations of the yoreme mayo ethnic group in southern Sonora.
Carlos Gabriel Borbón Morales   +1 more
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Les enjeux de l’insertion des entreprises dans l’action collective en faveur du développement durable urbain

open access: yesTerritoire en Mouvement, 2006
In this article, the issue of firms collaborating in the joint representation for sustainable development in urban aeras is examined, by placing it within the problematics of natural resources management.
Christophe Beaurain
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