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

Behavioral and Brain Sciences 34 (4):197-198 (2011)
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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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