Triadic conflict “primitives” can be reduced to welfare trade-off ratios

Authors: Wenhao Qi, Edward Vul, Adena Schachner, Lindsey J. Powell

Published: 2022-07-07

DOI: 10.1017/s0140525x21001382

Source: Full article

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Abstract

AbstractPietraszewski proposes four triadic “primitives” for representing social groups. We argue that, despite surface differences, these triads can all be reduced to similar underlying welfare trade-off ratios, which are a better candidate for social group primitives. Welfare trade-off ratios also have limitations, however, and we suggest there are multiple computational strategies by which people recognize and reason about social groups.