Re-visions of rationality?. Newell, B. R Trends Cogn Sci, 9(1):11-5, 2005.
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The appeal of simple algorithms that take account of both the constraints of human cognitive capacity and the structure of environments has been an enduring theme in cognitive science. A novel version of such a boundedly rational perspective views the mind as containing an 'adaptive toolbox' of specialized cognitive heuristics suited to different problems. Although intuitively appealing, when this version was proposed, empirical evidence for the use of such heuristics was scant. I argue that in the light of empirical studies carried out since then, it is time this 'vision of rationality' was revised. An alternative view based on integrative models rather than collections of heuristics is proposed.
@Article{Newell2005,
  author   = {Ben R Newell},
  journal  = {Trends Cogn Sci},
  title    = {Re-visions of rationality?},
  year     = {2005},
  number   = {1},
  pages    = {11-5},
  volume   = {9},
  abstract = {The appeal of simple algorithms that take account of both the constraints
	of human cognitive capacity and the structure of environments has
	been an enduring theme in cognitive science. A novel version of such
	a boundedly rational perspective views the mind as containing an
	'adaptive toolbox' of specialized cognitive heuristics suited to
	different problems. Although intuitively appealing, when this version
	was proposed, empirical evidence for the use of such heuristics was
	scant. I argue that in the light of empirical studies carried out
	since then, it is time this 'vision of rationality' was revised.
	An alternative view based on integrative models rather than collections
	of heuristics is proposed.},
  doi      = {10.1016/j.tics.2004.11.005},
  keywords = {15639435},
}

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