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MCMP – EpistemologyModels of rationality and the psychology of reasoning (From is to ought, and back)Vincenzo Crupi (Turin) gives a talk at the MCMP Colloquium (16 April, 2014) titled "Models of rationality and the psychology of reasoning (From is to ought, and back)". Abstract: Diagnoses of (ir)rationality often arise from the experimental investigation of human reasoning. Relying on joint work with Vittorio Girotto, I will suggest that such diagnoses can be disputed on various grounds, and provide a classification. I will then argue that much fruitful research done with classical experimental paradigms was triggered by normative concerns and yet fostered insight in properly psychological terms. My examples include the selection task, the conjunction fallacy, and so-called...2019-04-1800 minMCMPGini vs. Shannon: The Case for Quadratic Entropy in Formal Philosophy of ScienceVincenzo Crupi (Turin) gives a talk at the MCMP Colloquium (26 November, 2015) titled "Gini vs. Shannon: The Case for Quadratic Entropy in Formal Philosophy of Science". Abstract: A probabilistic representation of the notion of uncertainty is an important tool in formal philosophy of science and epistemology: it yields theoretical and mathematical connections with the informativeness of a statement, gradational accuracy, evidential support, how a probability distribution diverges from another, the expected informational utility of an experiment, and more besides. Whenever a choice is made for a measure of uncertainty in these contexts, Shannon entropy is standard, but it is by no...2018-03-1700 min