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Updating on Biased Probabilistic Testimony: Dealing with Weasels Through Computational Pragmatics.

In this paper, I use a framework from computational linguistics, the Rational Speech Act framework, to model deceptive probabilistic communication. This account allows agents to discount for the biases they perceive their interlocutors to have. This way, agents can update their credences with the pe...

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Published in:Erkenntnis Vol. 89; no. 2; pp. 567 - 591
Main Author: Vignero, Leander
Format: Article
Published: Springer Nature Feb2024
Subjects:
Weasels
Computational linguistics
Pragmatics
Probabilistic databases
Deception
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