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Taking Problem-Solving Seriously

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Summary, in English

Instructions in Wason’s Selection Task underdetermine empirical subjects’ representation of the underlying problem, and its admissible solutions. We model the Selection Task as an (ambiguous) interrogative learning problem, and reasoning to solutions as: (a) selection of a representation of the problem; and: (b) strategic planning from that representation. We argue that recovering Wason’s ‘normative’ selection is possible only if both stages are constrained further than they are by Wason’s formulation. We conclude comparing our model with other explanatory models, w.r.t. to empirical adequacy, and modeling of bounded rationality.

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Publishing year

2012

Language

English

Pages

13-23

Document type

Conference paper

Topic

  • Philosophy

Conference name

Logic & Cognition Conference

Conference date

2012-05-17 - 2012-05-19

Conference place

Poznan, Poland

Status

Published

Research group

  • Lund University Information Quality Research Group (LUIQ)