Anatol Rapoport (1996) Probabilistic Choice and Lefebvre's Model of Human Reflexion
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Psycoloquy 7(27): Probabilistic Choice and Lefebvre's Model of Human Reflexion
PROBABILISTIC CHOICE AND LEFEBVRE'S MODEL OF HUMAN REFLEXION
Commentary on Lefebvre on Human-Choice
Anatol Rapoport
University College
University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada
rapoport@vax.library.utoronto.ca
Abstract
Some points raised by commentators on Lefebvre (1995) are
examined. It is argued that Lefebvre's efforts are an important
contribution to injecting rigorous deductive reasoning into
intuitive approaches to human reflexive cognition.
Keywords
choice; computation; decision theory; ethical cognition;
mathematical psychology; model building; parameter estimation;
probability; rationality.
References
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- Kampis, G. (1995). The Anthropic Principle of What? PSYCOLOQUY 6(38) human-choice.4.kampis.
- Lefebvre, V. A. (1992). A Psychological Theory of Bipolarity and Reflexivity. Lewiston: The Edwin Mellen Press.
- Lefebvre, V. A. (1995). The Anthropic Principle in Psychology and Human Choice. PSYCOLOQUY 6(29) human-choice.1.lefebvre.
- Lefebvre, V. A. (1996a). Extracting Information about Subjective States from a Function Describing Human Behavior. PSYCOLOQUY 7(08) human-choice.6.lefebvre.
- Lefebvre, V. A. (1996b). The Inexplicable Effectiveness of Metaphysical Reasoning in the Construction of Mathematical Models. PSYCOLOQUY 7(09) human-choice.7.lefebvre.
- Rapoport, A. (1995). Human Reflexion and the Anthropic Principle. PSYCOLOQUY 6(37) human-choice.3.rapoport.