Re-visions of rationality?

@article{citeulike:546289, abstract = {The appeal of simple algorithms that take account of both the constraints of human cognitive capacity and the structure of environments has been an enduring theme in cognitive science. A novel version of such a boundedly rational perspective views the mind as containing an 'adaptive toolbox' of specialized cognitive heuristics suited to different problems. Although intuitively appealing, when this version was proposed, empirical evidence for the use of such heuristics was scant. I argue that in the light of empirical studies carried out since then, it is time this 'vision of rationality' was revised. An alternative view based on integrative models rather than collections of heuristics is proposed.}, address = {School of Psychology, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. ben.newell@unsw.edu.au <ben.newell@unsw.edu.au>}, author = {Newell, B. R. }, citeulike-article-id = {546289}, doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2004.11.005}, issn = {1364-6613}, journal = {Trends Cogn Sci}, keywords = {adaptive, bounded-rationality, decision-making}, month = {January}, number = {1}, pages = {11--15}, posted-at = {2008-06-16 16:15:43}, priority = {2}, title = {Re-visions of rationality?}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2004.11.005}, volume = {9}, year = {2005} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:546289 L3 - citeulike-article-id:546289 TI - Re-visions of rationality? JF - Trends Cogn Sci VL - 9 IS - 1 SP - 11 EP - 15 AD - School of Psychology, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. ben.newell@unsw.edu.au <ben.newell@unsw.edu.au> SN - 1364-6613 N2 - The appeal of simple algorithms that take account of both the constraints of human cognitive capacity and the structure of environments has been an enduring theme in cognitive science. A novel version of such a boundedly rational perspective views the mind as containing an 'adaptive toolbox' of specialized cognitive heuristics suited to different problems. Although intuitively appealing, when this version was proposed, empirical evidence for the use of such heuristics was scant. I argue that in the light of empirical studies carried out since then, it is time this 'vision of rationality' was revised. An alternative view based on integrative models rather than collections of heuristics is proposed. KW - adaptive KW - bounded-rationality KW - decision-making AU - Newell, BR PY - 2005/01// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2004.11.005 ER -