Theory acquisition and the language of thought

Theory acquisition and the language of thought (2008)

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by Charles Kemp , Noah D. Goodman , Joshua B. Tenenbaum

Venue:	In Proceedings of the 30th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society
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TITLE	Theory acquisition and the language of thought	INFERENCE
AUTHOR NAME	Charles Kemp	SVM HeaderParse 0.2
AUTHOR AFFIL	Department of Psychology; Carnegie Mellon University	SVM HeaderParse 0.2
AUTHOR NAME	Noah D. Goodman	SVM HeaderParse 0.2
AUTHOR AFFIL	Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences; Massachusetts Institute of Technology	SVM HeaderParse 0.2
AUTHOR NAME	Joshua B. Tenenbaum	SVM HeaderParse 0.2
AUTHOR AFFIL	Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences; Massachusetts Institute of Technology	SVM HeaderParse 0.2
ABSTRACT	Everyday knowledge about living things, physical objects and the beliefs and desires of other people appears to be organized into sophisticated systems that are often called intuitive theories. Two long term goals for psychological research are to understand how these theories are mentally represented and how they are acquired. We argue that the language of thought hypothesis can help to address both questions. First, compositional languages can capture the content of intuitive theories. Second, any compositional language will generate an account of theory learning which predicts that theories with short descriptions tend to be preferred. We describe a computational framework that captures both ideas, and compare its predictions to behavioral data from a simple theory learning task. Any comprehensive account of human knowledge must acknowledge	SVM HeaderParse 0.2
YEAR	2008	INFERENCE
VENUE	In Proceedings of the 30th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society	INFERENCE
VENUE TYPE	CONFERENCE	INFERENCE
PAGES	1606--1611	INFERENCE
CITATIONS	10 found	ParsCit 1.0