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  5. Mechanistic curiosity will not kill the Bayesian cat

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Mechanistic curiosity will not kill the Bayesian cat

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences
Vol 34 (4)
DOI: 10.1017/s0140525x11000215

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Denny Borsboom
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Eric‐Jan Wagenmakers
Jan‐Willem Romeijn

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Jones & Love (J&L) suggest that Bayesian approaches to the explanation of human behavior should be constrained by mechanistic theories. We argue that their proposal misconstrues the relation between process models, such as the Bayesian model, and mechanisms. While mechanistic theories can answer specific issues that arise from the study of processes, one cannot expect them to provide constraints in general.

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Denny Borsboom, Eric‐Jan Wagenmakers, Jan‐Willem Romeijn (2011). Mechanistic curiosity will not kill the Bayesian cat. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 34(4), pp. 192-193, DOI: 10.1017/s0140525x11000215.

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