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Resource-rationality beyond individual minds: the case of interactive language use
Mark Dingemanse1,2,3
1Centre for Language Studies, Radboud University, 6525 HTNijmegen, Netherlands. m.dingemanse@let.ru.nlhttps://www.ru.nl/english/people/dingemanse-m/.
The Behavioral and Brain Sciences
|March 12, 2020
Summary
Resource-rational approaches can explain human cognition by considering language as a tool for augmenting computation and enabling distributed cognition. Interactive language use provides a natural setting to study resource-rationality in social agents.
Area of Science:
- Cognitive Science
- Psychology
- Linguistics
Background:
- Resource-rational approaches model cognition under constraints.
- Current models often focus on individual minds.
- Extending these models to social contexts is crucial.
Purpose of the Study:
- To explore how language facilitates resource-rational cognition beyond individual limitations.
- To investigate interactive language use as a testbed for social resource-rationality.
Main Methods:
- Theoretical analysis of language's role in computation and distributed cognition.
- Conceptual framework for studying resource-rationality in interactive settings.
Main Results:
- Language augments individual computational resources.
- Language enables distributed cognition, overcoming individual limitations.
- Interactive language use exemplifies natural resource-constrained social cognition.
Conclusions:
- Resource-rationality can be fruitfully extended to understand social cognition.
- Interactive language provides a unique environment to study "real-world" resource-rationality.
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