9.916-A | Spring 2003 | Graduate

Probability and Causality in Human Cognition

Calendar

Week # Topics
1 Introduction and Organizational Meeting
2 History of Probability Terminology
3 History of Probability Theory
4 Bayesian Probability Theory
5 Probabilistic Reasoning and Human Competencies
6 Behavioral Economics and Optimal Behavior
7 Probabilistic Analysis of Rational Behavior
8 Relevance Theory
9 Causality and Probability
10 Bayesian Networks
11 Extensions of Bayesian Networks to Classes and Instances
12 Functional Causal Models
13 Causal Model Construction, Theories, and Mechanisms
14 Discussion of Research Report