Howard Margolis (1998) Logic, Intuition, and Einstein
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Psycoloquy 9(57): Logic, Intuition, and Einstein
LOGIC, INTUITION, AND EINSTEIN
Commentary on Rickert on Krueger on Social-Bias
Howard Margolis
Harris School
University of Chicago
Chicago IL 60637
http://www.harrisschool.uchicago.edu/Tycho.html
hmarg@uchicago.edu
Abstract
Rickert (1998) argues that concerns about rationality are
misplaced, since creativity is not reducible to rationality. His
Einstein example, however, suggests how limited that claim is.
Keywords
Bayes' rule, bias, hypothesis testing, individual
differences probability, rationality, significance testing, social
cognition, statistical inference
References
- Krueger, J. (1998). The bet on bias: A forgone conclusion? Psycoloquy 9(46) http://www.cogsci.soton.ac.uk/cgi/psyc/newpsy?9.46 ftp://ftp.princeton.edu/pub/harnad/Psycoloquy/1998.volume.9/psyc.98.9.46.social-bias.1.krueger
- Margolis, H. (1998) Tycho's Illusion: How It Lasted 400 Years, and What That Implies About Human Cognition. PSYCOLOQUY 9 (32) ftp://ftp.princeton.edu/pub/harnad/Psycoloquy/1998.volume.9/psyc.98.9.32.cognitive-illusion.1.margolis
- Rickert, N. (1998). Intelligence is not rational. PSYCOLOQUY 9(51) ftp://ftp.princeton.edu/pub/harnad/Psycoloquy/1998.volume.9/psyc.98.9.51.social-bias.3.rickert