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There is no evidentiary silver bullet for the frequency adaptation hypothesis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 August 2003

Gary L. Brase
Affiliation:
Division of Psychology, Sunderland Business School, University of Sunderland, Sunderland, SR6 0DD United Kingdomgary.brase@sunderland.ac.uk http://www.sunderland.ac.uk/~bs0gba

Abstract

Special design criteria are largely unable to discriminate between claims that specific competencies in judgements under uncertainty are a result of an adaptation for representing naturally sampled frequencies, or due only to inherent properties of such a format. Because divisions between these perspectives are thin, evidence via additional criteria are persuasive only in combination, using inference to the best available explanation.

Type
Brief Report
Copyright
© 2002 Cambridge University Press

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