Maya Bar-Hillel

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Maya Bar-Hillel
מיה בר-הלל
Born1943 (age 77–78)
Academic background
Alma materHebrew University of Jerusalem (PhD)
ThesisThe Base-Rate Fallacy in Subjective Judgments of Probability (1975)
Academic work
DisciplinePsychologist
Sub-discipline
InstitutionsHebrew University of Jerusalem

Maya Bar-Hillel (Hebrew: מיה בר-הלל‎, born 1943)[1] is a professor emeritus of psychology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.[2] Known for her work on inaccuracies in human reasoning about probability,[3][4][5] she has also studied decision theory in connection with Newcomb's paradox,[6] investigated how gender stereotyping can block human problem-solving,[7] and worked with Dror Bar-Natan, Gil Kalai, and Brendan McKay to debunk the Bible code.[8]

Education and career[]

Bar-Hillel studied psychology with Amos Tversky at the Hebrew University, where she earned bachelor's and master's degrees in mathematics and a Ph.D. in psychology.[9] Her 1975 doctoral dissertation, The Base-Rate Fallacy in Subjective Judgments of Probability, introduced the concept of the base rate fallacy in probabilistic reasoning.[10] At the Hebrew University, she was the director of the Center for the Study of Rationality from 2001 to 2005.[9]

Family[]

Bar-Hillel is the daughter of Israeli philosopher and linguist Yehoshua Bar-Hillel. Her daughter, Gili Bar-Hillel, is the Hebrew translator of the Harry Potter books.[11]

Recognition[]

Bar-Hillel won the George Pólya Award of the Mathematical Association of America with Ruma Falk in 1984 for their joint work on probability.[12]

References[]

  1. ^ Birth year from VIAF authority control record, retrieved 2019-09-14
  2. ^ Prof. Emeritus Maya Bar-Hillel, Psychology Department, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, retrieved 2019-09-14
  3. ^ Robb, Alice (January 27, 2014), "The Science of Explaining Heads or Tails: Psychologists know which one you'll call", The New Republic
  4. ^ Hastie, Reid; Dawes, Robyn M. (2001), Rational Choice in an Uncertain World: The Psychology of Judgement and Decision Making, SAGE, p. 192, ISBN 9780761922759
  5. ^ Achinstein, Peter (January 1981), "On Evidence: A Reply to Bar-Hillel and Margalit", Mind, New Series, 90 (357): 108–112, JSTOR 2253668
  6. ^ Gardner, Martin (July 1973), "Free will revisited, with a mind-bending prediction paradox by William Newcomb", Mathematical Games, Scientific American, 229 (1): 104–109, JSTOR 24923152
  7. ^ Frederick, Shane (January 29, 2019), "What Riddles Teach Us about the Human Mind", Yale Insights
  8. ^ Devlin, Keith (June 1998), "The Bible Code That Wasn't", Devlin's Angle, Mathematical Association of America
  9. ^ Jump up to: a b "About the speaker", Keyfitz Lecture in Mathematics and the Social Sciences, The Fields Institute for Research in Mathematical Sciences, March 31, 2009, retrieved 2019-09-14
  10. ^ Tversky, Amos; Kahneman, Daniel (1977), "Causal thinking in judgment under uncertainty", in Butts, R. E.; Hintikka, J. (eds.), Basic Problems in Methodology and Linguistics, The University of Western Ontario Series in Philosophy of Science, 11, Springer, pp. 167–190, doi:10.1007/978-94-017-0837-1_11
  11. ^ Bar-Natan, Dror (March 2009), "Maya Bar-Hillel" (PDF), Academic Pensieve
  12. ^ "Probabilistic Dependence between Events", Writing Awards, Mathematical Association of America, retrieved 2021-05-23

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