A FEW COMMENTS ON THE LINDA PROBLEM

• Authors: Olszewski Adam
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This paper discusses an experiment in cognitive psychology called the Linda problem. Firstly, some natural conditions for the correctness of the interpretation of psychological experiments (such as the Linda problem) are formulated. The article is essentially a critique of the interpretation of the results of the Linda problem experiment provided by Kahneman and Tversky as well as – indirectly – their concept of heuristics. It is shown that the interpretation provided by Kahneman and Tversky does not meet the aforementioned conditions for correctness. The main argument is justified utilizing such rules of rationality as conditional probability and Grice’s conversational maxims. It is also pointed out that this argument can be reformulated in terms of the intuitive system of reasoning.

Keywords

EN

CONJUNCTION FALLACY; COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY; CONDITIONAL PROBABILITY; LINDA PROBLEM

• Publisher: Institute of Philosophy of the Slovak Academy of Sciences and Institute of Philosophy of Academy of Sciences of Czech Republic
• Journal: Organon F. medzinárodný časopis pre analytickú filozofiu
• Year: 2017
• Volume: 24
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 184 - 195

Contributors

author

Olszewski Adam

• Faculty of Arts, The Pontifical University of John Paul II in Cracow, Ul. Kanonicza 25, 31002 Cracow, Poland