Mental Models

A "mental model"mental model is a particular kindhypothetical form of maprepresentation of reality - one which deals with how something works. Rather than being merely a proposition ("Juneau is the capitalknowledge in human mind. Mental models form to approximately describe dynamics of Alaska"), a mental model has a internal structure which mimics the behaviorobserved situations, and reuse parts of something outside the mind ("Flick switch -> lamp turns on"). Developing accurate mentalexisting models is an important task in rationality.to represent novel situations.

• Mental Models by hegemonicon.hegemonicon

A "mental model" is a particular kind of map of reality - one which deals with how something works. Rather than being merely a proposition ("Juneau is the capital of Alaska"), a mental model has a internal structure which mimics the behavior of something outside the mind ("Flick switch -> lamp turns on"). Developing accurate mental models is an important task in rationality.

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• Mental Models by hegemonicon.

See also

• Map and territory