Rational analysis, intractability, and the prospects of ‘as if’-explanations

RT @IrisVanRooij: 26. van Rooij, I., Wright, C., Kwisthout, J., & Wareham, T. (2018). Rational analysis, intractability, and the prospects…

RT @IrisVanRooij: 26. van Rooij, I., Wright, C., Kwisthout, J., & Wareham, T. (2018). Rational analysis, intractability, and the prospects…

26. van Rooij, I., Wright, C., Kwisthout, J., & Wareham, T. (2018). Rational analysis, intractability, and the prospects of ‘as if’-explanations. Synthese, 195(2), 491–510 https://t.co/OvZY2wUjqe

RT @IrisVanRooij: Such "as if" computational explanation does not buy intractability. In fact, it hides the complexity (as @ChombaBupe also…

RT @IrisVanRooij: Such "as if" computational explanation does not buy intractability. In fact, it hides the complexity (as @ChombaBupe also…

RT @IrisVanRooij: 1. Here follow highlights of main points of our paper “Rational analysis, intractability, and the prospects of ‘as if’-ex…

Here the promised 🧵 https://t.co/4AlEP8otWL

Such "as if" computational explanation does not buy intractability. In fact, it hides the complexity (as @ChombaBupe also notes). See e.g. our paper: "Rational analysis, intractability, and the prospects of ‘as if’-explanations" https://t.co/OvZY2wUjqe

RT @IrisVanRooij: 1. Here follow highlights of main points of our paper “Rational analysis, intractability, and the prospects of ‘as if’-ex…

RT @IrisVanRooij: 1. Here follow highlights of main points of our paper “Rational analysis, intractability, and the prospects of ‘as if’-ex…

RT @IrisVanRooij: 1. Here follow highlights of main points of our paper “Rational analysis, intractability, and the prospects of ‘as if’-ex…

RT @IrisVanRooij: 1. Here follow highlights of main points of our paper “Rational analysis, intractability, and the prospects of ‘as if’-ex…

@LukeMillerNeuro as promised, see below

@KordingLab @fedeadolfi @bradpwyble @xaqlab Here is a TL;DR thread version (though I do recommend to read it 🙃) https://t.co/k1SorqEUYn

@KordingLab @fedeadolfi @bradpwyble @xaqlab https://t.co/OvZY2wUjqe

RT @IrisVanRooij: @martisamuser Yes, my research group is pursuing this. Two relevant papers below: 1. https://t.co/o75zloHMOt 2. https:…

@SimonKirby @DingemanseMark @mariekewoe @MarkBlokpoel Paper on "as if" explanations: https://t.co/k1SorqEUYn I am sorry to spam you with more of my work, but I have been working on this issue for 20 years, and have experience with all the usually intuition

RT @IrisVanRooij: 1. Here follow highlights of main points of our paper “Rational analysis, intractability, and the prospects of ‘as if’-ex…

RT @IrisVanRooij: 1. Here follow highlights of main points of our paper “Rational analysis, intractability, and the prospects of ‘as if’-ex…

RT @IrisVanRooij: 1. Here follow highlights of main points of our paper “Rational analysis, intractability, and the prospects of ‘as if’-ex…

@fedeadolfi @matthewslocombe If you don't feel like reading the paper, here a TL;DR thread version 🙂 https://t.co/QjjRIMnwdC

@fedeadolfi @matthewslocombe Ooh! I have many opinions on that statement, or very closely related to it (see screenshot)! Wrote a paper on it: https://t.co/OvZY2wUjqe https://t.co/jNzc0uxXYo

RT @danbri: 'One of the best parts of mathematics [...] is the clarity with which it recreates the ideas of your mind in the minds of other…

'One of the best parts of mathematics [...] is the clarity with which it recreates the ideas of your mind in the minds of others. Its effectiveness is so great that mathematicians can ponder together such highly complicated ideas that they start to feel th

RT @GraziosiSergio: Up next, a random selection of significant (to me!) stuff, that exemplifies what I'm talking about, in no particular or…

in physics it's "easy to mistake the map for the territory" @kaznatcheev + overphysicsing other fields eg election modelling

handy brain-fueling links thread + group of "people here on Twitter that gives me small joys and earns my gratitude daily"

Up next, a random selection of significant (to me!) stuff, that exemplifies what I'm talking about, in no particular order (but yes, certain "themes" might act as some kind of glue)... https://t.co/wHu5M9Oroe (@IrisVanRooij et al) https://t.co/rMl6ybClkG (

RT @IrisVanRooij: 1. Here follow highlights of main points of our paper “Rational analysis, intractability, and the prospects of ‘as if’-ex…

RT @JanaJarecki: This goes to all you cognitive models interested in #metamodels (meta-science of models)

This goes to all you cognitive models interested in #metamodels (meta-science of models)

RT @IrisVanRooij: Connotations: 1: Process models versus rational models 2: Process models versus “as-if” models 3: Formal features as a c…

Connotations: 1: Process models versus rational models 2: Process models versus “as-if” models 3: Formal features as a common denominator of process models 8/ (ICOI, we've also performed an analysis of "as if" models: https://t.co/k1SorqEUYn)

(Perhaps Gigerenzer just means an appeal to as-if is commonly made to evade intractability (though unsuccesful)? In any case, this paper analyzes in depth 7 different possible meanings of as-if: https://t.co/OvZY2wUjqe) 21/n

RT @twitemp1: With your permission @IrisVanRooij , I’m linking this thread to the references of my Computational Cognitive Systems MSc modu…

RT @twitemp1: With your permission @IrisVanRooij , I’m linking this thread to the references of my Computational Cognitive Systems MSc modu…

RT @twitemp1: With your permission @IrisVanRooij , I’m linking this thread to the references of my Computational Cognitive Systems MSc modu…

With your permission @IrisVanRooij , I’m linking this thread to the references of my Computational Cognitive Systems MSc module. It’ll fit nicely in next week lab. I have forgotten about it, great that you retweeted it. https://t.co/0csvdAPLGc

RT @IrisVanRooij: **Intermezzo** For an extensive argument for that point, considering 6 possible meanings of “as if”, see (thread): https:…

RT @IrisVanRooij: 1. Here follow highlights of main points of our paper “Rational analysis, intractability, and the prospects of ‘as if’-ex…

RT @IrisVanRooij: 1. Here follow highlights of main points of our paper “Rational analysis, intractability, and the prospects of ‘as if’-ex…

**Intermezzo** For an extensive argument for that point, considering 6 possible meanings of “as if”, see (thread): https://t.co/5Shy1YaBb2 \endintermezzo

@martisamuser Yes, my research group is pursuing this. Two relevant papers below: 1. https://t.co/o75zloHMOt 2. https://t.co/5Shy1YaBb2

RT @IrisVanRooij: 1. Here follow highlights of main points of our paper “Rational analysis, intractability, and the prospects of ‘as if’-ex…

RT @IrisVanRooij: 1. Here follow highlights of main points of our paper “Rational analysis, intractability, and the prospects of ‘as if’-ex…

RT @IrisVanRooij: 1. Here follow highlights of main points of our paper “Rational analysis, intractability, and the prospects of ‘as if’-ex…

RT @IrisVanRooij: 1. Here follow highlights of main points of our paper “Rational analysis, intractability, and the prospects of ‘as if’-ex…

RT @IrisVanRooij: @jttiehen Ah thanks for clarifying. My own reading is option 1. I have taken some issue with unuseful appeals to option 2…

@jttiehen Ah thanks for clarifying. My own reading is option 1. I have taken some issue with unuseful appeals to option 2 in print (see e.g. this article:) https://t.co/5Shy1YaBb2

RT @IrisVanRooij: That said, I see formalisation & naturalisation not in opposition. In fact, I use formal tools to help naturalise notions…

RT @IrisVanRooij: 1. Here follow highlights of main points of our paper “Rational analysis, intractability, and the prospects of ‘as if’-ex…

RT @twitemp1: What a complex, yet tractable, thread! https://t.co/Edp86m8cyl

RT @twitemp1: What a complex, yet tractable, thread! https://t.co/Edp86m8cyl

What a complex, yet tractable, thread!

RT @IrisVanRooij: 1. Here follow highlights of main points of our paper “Rational analysis, intractability, and the prospects of ‘as if’-ex…

RT @IrisVanRooij: That said, I see formalisation & naturalisation not in opposition. In fact, I use formal tools to help naturalise notions…

That said, I see formalisation & naturalisation not in opposition. In fact, I use formal tools to help naturalise notions such as ‘rationality’. Here is one example (thread): https://t.co/5Shy1YaBb2

RT @leafs_s: Synthese February 2018, Volume 195, Issue 2, pp 491–510 @IrisVanRooij Excellent Rational analysis, intractability, and the pr…

RT @leafs_s: Synthese February 2018, Volume 195, Issue 2, pp 491–510 @IrisVanRooij Excellent Rational analysis, intractability, and the pr…

RT @leafs_s: Synthese February 2018, Volume 195, Issue 2, pp 491–510 @IrisVanRooij Excellent Rational analysis, intractability, and the pr…

Synthese February 2018, Volume 195, Issue 2, pp 491–510 @IrisVanRooij Excellent Rational analysis, intractability, and the prospects of ‘as if’-explanations https://t.co/MBG9n5J28o

RT @IrisVanRooij: 1. Here follow highlights of main points of our paper “Rational analysis, intractability, and the prospects of ‘as if’-ex…

@amandaeduc @annemscheel This latter perspective is an important part of my line of research, so here a shameless plug :) https://t.co/QjjRIMnwdC

@TineKolenik If you are interested in philosophical perspective, this may be of interest: https://t.co/5Shy1YaBb2

RT @IrisVanRooij: 1. Here follow highlights of main points of our paper “Rational analysis, intractability, and the prospects of ‘as if’-ex…

RT @IrisVanRooij: 1. Here follow highlights of main points of our paper “Rational analysis, intractability, and the prospects of ‘as if’-ex…

In case your interested in my, and my collaborators, view of the matter, see: https://t.co/5Shy1YaBb2 #AsIf #explanation #idealization #rationality #cogsci https://t.co/ktASu8NGtr

RT @IrisVanRooij: 1. Here follow highlights of main points of our paper “Rational analysis, intractability, and the prospects of ‘as if’-ex…

RT @IrisVanRooij: Can we do one for #cogsci too? I basically have my talk ready: https://t.co/5Shy1YaBb2

Can we do one for #cogsci too? I basically have my talk ready: https://t.co/5Shy1YaBb2

RT @IrisVanRooij: This is joint work with Cory Wright, @JohanKwisthout and Todd Wareham. For full details of the argument, check out the p…

RT @IrisVanRooij: 1. Here follow highlights of main points of our paper “Rational analysis, intractability, and the prospects of ‘as if’-ex…

RT @IrisVanRooij: 1. Here follow highlights of main points of our paper “Rational analysis, intractability, and the prospects of ‘as if’-ex…

RT @IrisVanRooij: 1. Here follow highlights of main points of our paper “Rational analysis, intractability, and the prospects of ‘as if’-ex…

RT @IrisVanRooij: 1. Here follow highlights of main points of our paper “Rational analysis, intractability, and the prospects of ‘as if’-ex…

https://t.co/dZrkSZGu9o

RT @IrisVanRooij: 1. Here follow highlights of main points of our paper “Rational analysis, intractability, and the prospects of ‘as if’-ex…

@simoncolumbus @nicholaraihani Possibly of interest, given our previous discussions. Focus here is not specifically on evolution, but on the type of rational/adaptive explanations that may be relevant for that as well. https://t.co/7UHdLIY4ts

RT @IrisVanRooij: This is joint work with Cory Wright, @JohanKwisthout and Todd Wareham. For full details of the argument, check out the p…

RT @IrisVanRooij: 1. Here follow highlights of main points of our paper “Rational analysis, intractability, and the prospects of ‘as if’-ex…

RT @IrisVanRooij: 1. Here follow highlights of main points of our paper “Rational analysis, intractability, and the prospects of ‘as if’-ex…

This is joint work with Cory Wright, @JohanKwisthout and Todd Wareham. For full details of the argument, check out the paper: https://t.co/OvZY2wUjqe Keywords: #intractability #rationality #cogsci #adaptation #NP-hard #approximation #heuristics Comment

RT @IrisVanRooij: Relevant keywords for our paper: #intractability #rationality #explanation #cogsci #NP-hard #approximation #heuristics ht…

Relevant keywords for our paper: #intractability #rationality #explanation #cogsci #NP-hard #approximation #heuristics https://t.co/7UHdLIY4ts

RT @IrisVanRooij: 1. Here follow highlights of main points of our paper “Rational analysis, intractability, and the prospects of ‘as if’-ex…

RT @IrisVanRooij: https://t.co/7UHdLIY4ts

RT @IrisVanRooij: 1. Here follow highlights of main points of our paper “Rational analysis, intractability, and the prospects of ‘as if’-ex…

RT @IrisVanRooij: 1. Here follow highlights of main points of our paper “Rational analysis, intractability, and the prospects of ‘as if’-ex…

https://t.co/7UHdLIY4ts

RT @IrisVanRooij: 1. Here follow highlights of main points of our paper “Rational analysis, intractability, and the prospects of ‘as if’-ex…

1. Here follow highlights of main points of our paper “Rational analysis, intractability, and the prospects of ‘as if’-explanations”, in Synthese. Full paper: https://t.co/OvZY2wUjqe Images below are from talk on which paper was based.

Looking forward to reading this new paper in Synthese on “rational analysis” in psychology and computational intractability. https://t.co/2PLCr2IQBQ