Rationalising framing effects: At least one taskfor empirically informed philosophy

• Autores: Sarah A. Fisher
• Localización: Crítica: revista hispanoamericana de filosofía, ISSN 0011-1503, Vol. 52, Nº. 156, 2020, págs. 5-30
• Idioma: inglés
• DOI: 10.22201/iifs.18704905e.2020.1221
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  • español

    Los juicios humanos se ven afectados por las palabras en las que lainformación se presenta “enmarcada”. Según la glosa estándar, el “efecto marco”revela un razonamiento contra-normativo, indebidamente afectado por el lenguajepositivo/negativo. Un desafío a este punto de vista sugiere que las expresionesnuméricas en condiciones marco alternativas se interpretan denotando cantidadesde límite inferior (mínimas). Sin embargo, no está claro si la explicación resultantees racionalizadora. Sostengo que una expresión numérica solo debe interpretarsecon límites inferiores si esto es lo que realmente significa. Examino cómo a lasexpresiones numéricas se les pueden asignar significados de límite inferior, debido asu semántica convencional o al enriquecimiento pragmático en el contexto. Sostengoque decidir entre estas posibilidades requiere una aportación filosófica fundamental

  • English

    Human judgements are affected by the words in which information ispresented —or ‘framed’. According to the standard gloss, ‘framing effects’ revealcounter-normative reasoning, unduly affected by positive/negative language. Onechallenge to this view suggests that number expressions in alternative framing con-ditions are interpreted as denoting lower-bounded (minimum) quantities. However,it is unclear whether the resulting explanation is a rationalising one. I argue thata number expression should only be interpreted lower-boundedly if this is what itactually means. I survey how number expressions might be assigned lower-boundedmeanings, due to their conventional semantics or pragmatic enrichment in context.I argue that deciding between these possibilities requires foundational philosophicalinput

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