Rationalising Framing Effects: At Least One Task for Empirically Informed Philosophy
SUMMARY Human judgements are affected by the words in which information is presented -or ‘framed’. According to the standard gloss, ‘framing effects’ reveal counter-normative reasoning, unduly affected by positive/negative language. One challenge to this view suggests that number expressions in alternative framing conditions are interpreted as denoting lower-bounded (minimum) quantities. However, it is unclear whether the resulting explanation is a rationalising one. I argue that a number expression should only be interpreted lower-boundedly if this is what it actually means. I survey how number expressions might be assigned lower-bounded meanings, due to their conventional semantics or pragmatic enrichment in context. I argue that deciding between these possibilities requires foundational philosophical input.
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| Format: | Digital revista |
| Language: | English |
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Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de Investigaciones Filosóficas
2020
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0011-15032020000300005 |
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