Deals with cognitive approaches to issues of human rationality. We will address questions such as: When is a decision judged to be rational/ irrational? How do we interpret evidence to suggest that reasoners frequently fail to make normatively appropriate decisions? How is our decision-making ability limited by our cognitive resources? Weekly hours: 3 Seminar/Discussion hours
Deals with cognitive approaches to issues of human rationality. We will address questions such as: When is a decision judged to be rational/ irrational? How do we interpret evidence to suggest that reasoners frequently fail to make normatively appropriate decisions? How is our decision-making ability limited by our cognitive resources? Weekly hours: 3 Seminar/Discussion hours