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.

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Hertwig, R. (2000). The questionable utility of "cognitive ability" in explaining cognitive illusions. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 23, 678-679. (Full text)

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Publication year 2000
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

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