9.916-A | Spring 2003 | Graduate

Probability and Causality in Human Cognition

Domain Theories (thumbnail)

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People’s domain theories mediate between observed statistics and causal models generated to account for the statistics. Causal models can be used to judge the probability of a variable, given that other variables have been observed. (Image by Prof. Joshua Tenenbaum.)

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Representation of a causal model.
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People’s domain theories mediate between observed statistics and causal models generated to account for the statistics. Causal models can be used to judge the probability of a variable, given that other variables have been observed. (Image by Prof. Joshua Tenenbaum.)
Representation of a causal model.