Speekenbrink, M;
Shanks, DR;
(2011)
Is everyone Bayes? On the testable implications of Bayesian Fundamentalism.
Behavioral and Brain Sciences
, 34
(4)
213 - 214.
10.1017/S0140525X11000409.
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Abstract
A central claim of Jones & Love's (J&L's) article is that Bayesian Fundamentalism is empirically unconstrained. Unless constraints are placed on prior beliefs, likelihood, and utility functions, all behaviour - it is proposed - is consistent with Bayesian rationality. Although such claims are commonplace, their basis is rarely justified. We fill this gap by sketching a proof, and we discuss possible solutions that would make Bayesian approaches empirically interesting.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Is everyone Bayes? On the testable implications of Bayesian Fundamentalism |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1017/S0140525X11000409 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X11000409 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2011 |
| Keywords: | Expected utility-theory |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences > Experimental Psychology |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1318890 |
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