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Survival in a world of probable objects: A fundamental reason for Bayesian enlightenment

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 August 2011

Shimon Edelman  and
Reza Shahbazi
Shimon Edelman
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853. edelman@cornell.edurs689@cornell.eduhttp://kybele.psych.cornell.edu/~edelman
Reza Shahbazi
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853. edelman@cornell.edurs689@cornell.eduhttp://kybele.psych.cornell.edu/~edelman
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Abstract

The only viable formulation of perception, thinking, and action under uncertainty is statistical inference, and the normative way of statistical inference is Bayesian. No wonder, then, that even seemingly non-Bayesian computational frameworks in cognitive science ultimately draw their justification from Bayesian considerations, as enlightened theorists know fully well.

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Open Peer Commentary
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 34 , Issue 4 , August 2011 , pp. 197 - 198
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2011

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