• LabmeetingSu09w1

Rational Cognition

Here's the plan for the meeting: (via Austin Frank)

Please read this:

• "The role of process in the rational analysis of memory", Schooler & Anderson (1997). 30 pages.

  • http://dx.doi.org/10.1006/cogp.1997.0652

And at least two of these:

• "Learning time-varying categories", Navarro & Perfor (2009). 6 pages.

  • http://www.psychology.adelaide.edu.au/personalpages/staff/danielnavarro/papers/other/NavarroPerfors_dynamiccategories.pdf

• "Visions of rationality", Chase, Hertwig, & Gigerenzer (1998). 7 pages.

  • http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1364-6613(98)01179-6

• "Re-visions of rationality", Newell (2005). 5 pages.

  • http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2004.11.005

Also, there is apparently a set of classic criticisms of rational cognition written by Herb Simon. I haven't read any of them yet. It seems like there are three that would be worth reading. They're all longer, and they're not necessarily available online. Any chance that I could get three volunteers to each read one of these and summarize the points for the group?

• "Invariants of human behavior", Simon (1990). 18 pages.

  • http://arjournals.annualreviews.org/doi/abs/10.1146/annurev.ps.41.020190.000245

• "Alternate visions of rationality", Simon (1990).
• "Cognitive architectures and rational analysis: a comment", Simon (1991).