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Survival in a world of probable objects: A fundamental reason for Bayesian enlightenment
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 25 August 2011
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The only viable formulation of perception, thinking, and action under uncertainty is statistical inference, and the normative way of statistical inference is Bayesian. No wonder, then, that even seemingly non-Bayesian computational frameworks in cognitive science ultimately draw their justification from Bayesian considerations, as enlightened theorists know fully well.
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