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Abstract
This comment suggests that Pothos & Busmeyer (P&B) do not provide an intuitive rational foundation for quantum probability (QP) theory to parallel standard logic and classical probability (CP) theory. In particular, the intuitive foundation for standard logic, which underpins CP, is the elimination of contradictions - that is, believing p and not-p is bad. Quantum logic, which underpins QP, explicitly denies non-contradiction, which seems deeply counterintuitive for the macroscopic world about which people must reason. I propose a possible resolution in situation theory.Entities:
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Year: 2013 PMID: 23673049 DOI: 10.1017/S0140525X12003081
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Behav Brain Sci ISSN: 0140-525X Impact factor: 12.579