Belief-eliminativism is a theory of belief in the philosophy of science whose basic position is that there is no belief,and that belief,as an immature concept,should be eliminated along with the progress of human unde...Belief-eliminativism is a theory of belief in the philosophy of science whose basic position is that there is no belief,and that belief,as an immature concept,should be eliminated along with the progress of human understanding.The two different soils,philosophy of mind and epistemology,have nourished two kinds of belief-eliminativisms with different emphases:Belief-eliminativism based on neurobiology by cognitive scientists is an extreme view of naturalism;belief-eliminativism based on Bayesianism by epistemologists is a model used to describe the belief status of ideal subjects.However,these two types of belief-eliminationism have never been able to withstand the interrogation from psychology and common sense theory,and anti-realism is not a proper choice for human subjects after all.展开更多
In a credence goods market,a consumer(he)is unaware of his true need,w hich can be either intense or minor.A n expert(she)designs a menu that either charges a u n iform price to both services,termed pooling pricing,or...In a credence goods market,a consumer(he)is unaware of his true need,w hich can be either intense or minor.A n expert(she)designs a menu that either charges a u n iform price to both services,termed pooling pricing,or varies charges according to service types,termed differential pricing.Learning the menu offered by the expert and anticipating her behavior in serving consumers,a consumer weighs the expected u tility of service provision against the cost incurred in transportation to decide w hether to visit the expert,termed entry decision.Upon arrival of a consumer,the expert discerns his true need and recommends a service along w ith the associated charge.Under the lia b ility assumption,the expert provides a service to satisfy the consumer's need.However,the consumer is unable to discern the nature of the service actually provided.This can induce the expert w ho adopts differential pricing to recommend intense service to a consumer w ith m inor need,termed overcharging.We investigate the effects of consumers'entry decision on the expert's optim al pricing strategy and the occurrence of overcharging,and study the robustness of the main results to practical features.展开更多
文摘Belief-eliminativism is a theory of belief in the philosophy of science whose basic position is that there is no belief,and that belief,as an immature concept,should be eliminated along with the progress of human understanding.The two different soils,philosophy of mind and epistemology,have nourished two kinds of belief-eliminativisms with different emphases:Belief-eliminativism based on neurobiology by cognitive scientists is an extreme view of naturalism;belief-eliminativism based on Bayesianism by epistemologists is a model used to describe the belief status of ideal subjects.However,these two types of belief-eliminationism have never been able to withstand the interrogation from psychology and common sense theory,and anti-realism is not a proper choice for human subjects after all.
基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No.72001115Natural Science Foundation of the Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions of China under Grant No.20KJB410006,Humanities and Social Sciences Foundation of Ministry of Education of China under Grant No.20YJC630041Startup Foundation for Introducing Talent of NUIST under Grant No.2019r067.
文摘In a credence goods market,a consumer(he)is unaware of his true need,w hich can be either intense or minor.A n expert(she)designs a menu that either charges a u n iform price to both services,termed pooling pricing,or varies charges according to service types,termed differential pricing.Learning the menu offered by the expert and anticipating her behavior in serving consumers,a consumer weighs the expected u tility of service provision against the cost incurred in transportation to decide w hether to visit the expert,termed entry decision.Upon arrival of a consumer,the expert discerns his true need and recommends a service along w ith the associated charge.Under the lia b ility assumption,the expert provides a service to satisfy the consumer's need.However,the consumer is unable to discern the nature of the service actually provided.This can induce the expert w ho adopts differential pricing to recommend intense service to a consumer w ith m inor need,termed overcharging.We investigate the effects of consumers'entry decision on the expert's optim al pricing strategy and the occurrence of overcharging,and study the robustness of the main results to practical features.
