This paper examines the strengths and weaknesses of one of science's most pervasive and
flexible metaprinciples; optimality is used to explain utility maximization in economics, least …

This paper examines the strengths and weaknesses of one of science's most pervasive and
flexible metaprinciples; optimality is used to explain utility maximization in economics, least …

We did not, as Brakel & Shevrin imply, intend to classify either System 1 or System 2 as
rational or irrational. Instrumental rationality is assessed at the organismic level, not at the …

How can anyone be rational in a world where knowledge is limited, time is pressing, and
deep thought is often an unattainable luxury? Traditional models of unbounded rationality …

The disagreements among commentators may appear substantial, but much of the debate
seems to stem from inconsistent use of the term optimality. Optimality can be used to indicate …

Modeling human cognition is challenging because there are infinitely many mechanisms
that can generate any given observation. Some researchers address this by constraining the …

Recent decades have seen a number of influential attacks on the comparative psychology of
learning and intelligence. Two specific charges have been that the use of distantly related …

In this response, we clarify several misunderstandings of the understanding/acceptance
principle and defend our specific operationalization of that principle. We reiterate the …

Cohen answers this question by insisting that the only intuitions available are those first-
order ones that emerge in narrow equilibrium. The lacuna is here, for Cohen ignores two …

The crux of the matter is that Dennett gives belief-desire psychology an instntmentalistic
interpretation, and beliefs and desires are therefore no longer construed as real states of the …