Unlimited Associative Learning as a Null Hypothesis
| cam.depositDate | 2022-05-25 | |
| cam.issuedOnline | 2022-05-25 | |
| cam.orpheus.success | 2022-05-25 - Embargo set during processing via Fast-track | |
| dc.contributor.author | Halina, Marta | |
| dc.contributor.orcid | Halina, Marta [0000-0002-3482-4281] | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-05-25T23:30:54Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2022-05-25T23:30:54Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2022 | |
| dc.date.updated | 2022-05-25T08:54:58Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | <jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>A common strategy in comparative cognition is to require that one reject associative learning as an explanation for behavior before concluding that an organism is capable of causal reasoning. In this paper, I argue that standard causal-reasoning tasks can be explained by a powerful form of associative learning: unlimited associative learning (UAL). The lesson, however, is not that researchers should conduct more studies to reject UAL, but that they should instead focus on 1) enriching the cognitive hypothesis space and 2) testing a broader range of information processing patterns—errors, biases and limits, rather than successful problem solving alone.</jats:p> | |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.17863/CAM.84905 | |
| dc.identifier.eissn | 1539-767X | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0031-8248 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/337491 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | |
| dc.publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) | |
| dc.publisher.department | Department of History And Philosophy of Science | |
| dc.publisher.url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/psa.2022.66 | |
| dc.rights | Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International | |
| dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ | |
| dc.subject | 5003 Philosophy | |
| dc.subject | 50 Philosophy and Religious Studies | |
| dc.subject | 5002 History and Philosophy Of Specific Fields | |
| dc.subject | Behavioral and Social Science | |
| dc.subject | Basic Behavioral and Social Science | |
| dc.subject | Mental Health | |
| dc.subject | Mental health | |
| dc.title | Unlimited Associative Learning as a Null Hypothesis | |
| dc.type | Article | |
| dcterms.dateAccepted | 2022-05-02 | |
| prism.publicationName | PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE | |
| pubs.licence-display-name | Apollo Repository Deposit Licence Agreement | |
| pubs.licence-identifier | apollo-deposit-licence-2-1 | |
| rioxxterms.type | Journal Article/Review | |
| rioxxterms.version | AM | |
| rioxxterms.versionofrecord | 10.1017/psa.2022.66 |
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