Explaining Away, Augmentation, and the Assumption of Independence

In reasoning about situations in which several causes lead to a common effect, a much studied and yet still not well-understood inference is that of explaining away. Assuming that the causes contribute independently to the effect, if we learn that the effect is present, then this increases the proba...

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Main Authors: Nicole Cruz, Ulrike Hahn, Norman Fenton, David Lagnado
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.502751/full