Systematic rationality norms provide research roadmaps and clarity

作者:Pfeifer Niki*
来源:Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 2011, 34(5): 263-264.
DOI:10.1017/S0140525X11000513

摘要

Normative theories like probability logic provide roadmaps for psychological investigations. They make theorizing precise. Therefore, normative considerations should not be subtracted from psychological research. I explain why conditional elimination inferences involve at least two norm paradigms; why reporting agreement with rationality norms is informative; why alleged asymmetric relations between formal and psychological theories are symmetric; and I discuss the arbitration problem.

  • 出版日期2011-10