Michael Rescorla
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 958154 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Michael Rescorla |
| PRENOMES | Michael |
| SOBRENOME | Rescorla |
| ASSINATURA | RESCORLA M |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of California, Santa Barbara |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1064-9113 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 21 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 81 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 21 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2006 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2024 |
| ÍNDICE H | 6 |
Bayesian defeat of certainties
When P ( E ) > 0, conditional probabilities P $$(H|E)$$ ( H | E ) are given by the ratio formula. An agent engages in ratio conditionalization when she updates her credences using conditional probabilities dictated by the ratio formula. Ratio conditionalization cannot eradicate certainties, including certainties gained through prior exercises of ratio conditionalization. An agent who updates her credences only through ratio conditionalization ris…
Reflecting on diachronic Dutch books
Conditionalization governs how to reallocate credence in light of new evidence. One prominent argument in favor of Conditionalization holds that an agent who violates it is vulnerable to a diachronic Dutch book : a series of acceptable bets offered at multiple times that inflict a sure loss. van Fraassen argues that an agent who violates the Principle of Reflection is likewise vulnerable to a diachronic Dutch book. He concludes that agents should…
An Improved Dutch Book Theorem for Conditionalization
On the proper formulation of conditionalization
Representation in Cognitive Science
Nicholas Shea's writings are required reading for philosophers of mind, especially those interested in the mind sciences. Representation in Cognitive Science cements his position as one of the field's foremost practitioners. The book mobilizes his broad and deep knowledge of cognitive science, his formidable philosophical craft, and his admirably clear writing style to powerful effect.When a mental state represents the world as being a certain wa…
How Particular Is Perception
An interventionist approach to psychological explanation
Some epistemological ramifications of the Borel–Kolmogorov paradox
A theory of computational implementation
Perceptual Constancies and Perceptual Modes of Presentation
Against Structuralist Theories of Computational Implementation
Under what conditions does a physical system implement or realize a computation? Structuralism about computational implementation, espoused by Chalmers and others, holds that a physical system realizes a computation just in case the system instantiates a pattern of causal organization isomorphic to the computation’s formal structure. I argue against structuralism through counter-examples drawn from computer science. On my opposing view, computati…
Copeland and Proudfoot on computability
The Causal Relevance of Content to Computation
Many philosophers worry that the classical computational theory of mind (CTM) engenders epiphenomenalism. Building on Block’s (1990) discussion, I formulate a particularly troubling version of this worry. I then present a novel solution to CTM’s epiphenomenalist conundrum. I develop my solution within an interventionist theory of causal relevance. My solution departs substantially from orthodox versions of CTM. In particular, I reject the widespr…
Perception and Cognition - Gary Hatfield
Journal Article Perception and Cognition – Gary Hatfield Get access Perception and Cognition. Gary Hatfield, (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 2009. Pp. xiv + 533. Price £68.00.) Michael Rescorla Michael Rescorla University of California, Santa Barbara Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Philosophical Quarterly, Volume 61, Issue 242, January 2011, Pages 205–207, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9213.2011.685_7.x Pub…
Chrysippus' dog as a case study in non-linguistic cognition
To illustrate the explanatory potential of cognitive maps, this chapter deploys them against a venerable philosophical argument for languageless thought and reasoning. The explanation shows that we can accommodate Chrysippus' dog without assimilating animal minds to human minds. The chapter illustrates the explanatory resources of an intermediate position that countenances non-linguistic cognition while sharply distinguishing it from linguistic c…
Predication and cartographic representation
Assertion and its Constitutive Norms
Alston, Searle, and Williamson advocate the restrictive model of assertion , according to which certain constitutive assertoric norms restrict which propositions one may assert. Sellars and Brandom advocate the dialectical model of assertion , which treats assertion as constituted by its role in the game of giving and asking for reasons. Sellars and Brandom develop a restrictive version of the dialectical model. I explore a non‐restrictive versio…
Cognitive Maps and the Language of Thought
Fodor advocates a view of cognitive processes as computations defined over the language of thought (or Mentalese). Even among those who endorse Mentalese, considerable controversy surrounds its representational format. What semantically relevant structure should scientific psychology attribute to Mentalese symbols? Researchers commonly emphasize logical structure, akin to that displayed by predicate calculus sentences. To counteract this tendency…
Shifting the Burden of Proof
‘Dialectical foundationalists’, including Jonathan Adler, Robert Brandom, Adam Leite and Michael Williams, claim that some asserted propositions do not require defence just because an interlocutor challenges them. By asserting such a proposition, the speaker shifts the burden of proof to the interlocutor. ‘Dialectical egalitarians’ claim that all asserted propositions require defence when challenged. I elucidate the dispute between dialectical fo…
Words without Meaning
Book Review| January 01 2006 Words without Meaning Christopher Gauker, Words without Meaning. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2003. xxi + 299 pp. Michael Rescorla Michael Rescorla Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google The Philosophical Review (2006) 115 (1): 121–124. https://doi.org/10.1215/00318108-2005-009 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Twitter Permissions Search Site Citation Michael Rescorla; Words without Meaning. The Philoso…
Words without Meaning
Cognitive Maps and the Language of Thought
Fodor advocates a view of cognitive processes as computations defined over the language of thought (or Mentalese). Even among those who endorse Mentalese, considerable controversy surrounds its representational format. What semantically relevant structure should scientific psychology attribute to Mentalese symbols? Researchers commonly emphasize logical structure, akin to that displayed by predicate calculus sentences. To counteract this tendency…
Assertion and its Constitutive Norms
Alston, Searle, and Williamson advocate the restrictive model of assertion , according to which certain constitutive assertoric norms restrict which propositions one may assert. Sellars and Brandom advocate the dialectical model of assertion , which treats assertion as constituted by its role in the game of giving and asking for reasons. Sellars and Brandom develop a restrictive version of the dialectical model. I explore a non‐restrictive versio…
Against Structuralist Theories of Computational Implementation
Under what conditions does a physical system implement or realize a computation? Structuralism about computational implementation, espoused by Chalmers and others, holds that a physical system realizes a computation just in case the system instantiates a pattern of causal organization isomorphic to the computation’s formal structure. I argue against structuralism through counter-examples drawn from computer science. On my opposing view, computati…
The Causal Relevance of Content to Computation
Many philosophers worry that the classical computational theory of mind (CTM) engenders epiphenomenalism. Building on Block’s (1990) discussion, I formulate a particularly troubling version of this worry. I then present a novel solution to CTM’s epiphenomenalist conundrum. I develop my solution within an interventionist theory of causal relevance. My solution departs substantially from orthodox versions of CTM. In particular, I reject the widespr…
A theory of computational implementation
Some epistemological ramifications of the Borel–Kolmogorov paradox
Predication and cartographic representation
An interventionist approach to psychological explanation
Shifting the Burden of Proof
‘Dialectical foundationalists’, including Jonathan Adler, Robert Brandom, Adam Leite and Michael Williams, claim that some asserted propositions do not require defence just because an interlocutor challenges them. By asserting such a proposition, the speaker shifts the burden of proof to the interlocutor. ‘Dialectical egalitarians’ claim that all asserted propositions require defence when challenged. I elucidate the dispute between dialectical fo…
On the proper formulation of conditionalization
How Particular Is Perception
Perceptual Constancies and Perceptual Modes of Presentation
Copeland and Proudfoot on computability
Words without Meaning
Book Review| January 01 2006 Words without Meaning Christopher Gauker, Words without Meaning. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2003. xxi + 299 pp. Michael Rescorla Michael Rescorla Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google The Philosophical Review (2006) 115 (1): 121–124. https://doi.org/10.1215/00318108-2005-009 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Twitter Permissions Search Site Citation Michael Rescorla; Words without Meaning. The Philoso…
Words without Meaning
Chrysippus' dog as a case study in non-linguistic cognition
To illustrate the explanatory potential of cognitive maps, this chapter deploys them against a venerable philosophical argument for languageless thought and reasoning. The explanation shows that we can accommodate Chrysippus' dog without assimilating animal minds to human minds. The chapter illustrates the explanatory resources of an intermediate position that countenances non-linguistic cognition while sharply distinguishing it from linguistic c…
Predication and cartographic representation
Assertion and its Constitutive Norms
Alston, Searle, and Williamson advocate the restrictive model of assertion , according to which certain constitutive assertoric norms restrict which propositions one may assert. Sellars and Brandom advocate the dialectical model of assertion , which treats assertion as constituted by its role in the game of giving and asking for reasons. Sellars and Brandom develop a restrictive version of the dialectical model. I explore a non‐restrictive versio…
Cognitive Maps and the Language of Thought
Fodor advocates a view of cognitive processes as computations defined over the language of thought (or Mentalese). Even among those who endorse Mentalese, considerable controversy surrounds its representational format. What semantically relevant structure should scientific psychology attribute to Mentalese symbols? Researchers commonly emphasize logical structure, akin to that displayed by predicate calculus sentences. To counteract this tendency…
Shifting the Burden of Proof
‘Dialectical foundationalists’, including Jonathan Adler, Robert Brandom, Adam Leite and Michael Williams, claim that some asserted propositions do not require defence just because an interlocutor challenges them. By asserting such a proposition, the speaker shifts the burden of proof to the interlocutor. ‘Dialectical egalitarians’ claim that all asserted propositions require defence when challenged. I elucidate the dispute between dialectical fo…
Perception and Cognition - Gary Hatfield
Journal Article Perception and Cognition – Gary Hatfield Get access Perception and Cognition. Gary Hatfield, (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 2009. Pp. xiv + 533. Price £68.00.) Michael Rescorla Michael Rescorla University of California, Santa Barbara Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Philosophical Quarterly, Volume 61, Issue 242, January 2011, Pages 205–207, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9213.2011.685_7.x Pub…
Copeland and Proudfoot on computability
The Causal Relevance of Content to Computation
Many philosophers worry that the classical computational theory of mind (CTM) engenders epiphenomenalism. Building on Block’s (1990) discussion, I formulate a particularly troubling version of this worry. I then present a novel solution to CTM’s epiphenomenalist conundrum. I develop my solution within an interventionist theory of causal relevance. My solution departs substantially from orthodox versions of CTM. In particular, I reject the widespr…
Against Structuralist Theories of Computational Implementation
Under what conditions does a physical system implement or realize a computation? Structuralism about computational implementation, espoused by Chalmers and others, holds that a physical system realizes a computation just in case the system instantiates a pattern of causal organization isomorphic to the computation’s formal structure. I argue against structuralism through counter-examples drawn from computer science. On my opposing view, computati…
A theory of computational implementation
Perceptual Constancies and Perceptual Modes of Presentation
Some epistemological ramifications of the Borel–Kolmogorov paradox
An interventionist approach to psychological explanation
How Particular Is Perception
On the proper formulation of conditionalization
Representation in Cognitive Science
Nicholas Shea's writings are required reading for philosophers of mind, especially those interested in the mind sciences. Representation in Cognitive Science cements his position as one of the field's foremost practitioners. The book mobilizes his broad and deep knowledge of cognitive science, his formidable philosophical craft, and his admirably clear writing style to powerful effect.When a mental state represents the world as being a certain wa…
An Improved Dutch Book Theorem for Conditionalization
Reflecting on diachronic Dutch books
Conditionalization governs how to reallocate credence in light of new evidence. One prominent argument in favor of Conditionalization holds that an agent who violates it is vulnerable to a diachronic Dutch book : a series of acceptable bets offered at multiple times that inflict a sure loss. van Fraassen argues that an agent who violates the Principle of Reflection is likewise vulnerable to a diachronic Dutch book. He concludes that agents should…
Bayesian defeat of certainties
When P ( E ) > 0, conditional probabilities P $$(H|E)$$ ( H | E ) are given by the ratio formula. An agent engages in ratio conditionalization when she updates her credences using conditional probabilities dictated by the ratio formula. Ratio conditionalization cannot eradicate certainties, including certainties gained through prior exercises of ratio conditionalization. An agent who updates her credences only through ratio conditionalization ris…
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