The modulation of conditional assertions and its effects on reasoning

The theory of mental models postulates that conditionals of the sort, if A then C, have a “core” meaning referring to three possibilities: A and C, not-A and C, and not-A and not-C. The meaning of a conditional’s clauses and general knowledge can modulate this meaning, blocking certain possibilities...

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Autor principal: Quelhas, Ana Cristina (author)
Outros Autores: Johnson-Laird, Philip N. (author), Juhos, Csongor (author)
Formato: article
Idioma:eng
Publicado em: 2012
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Texto completo:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.12/1407
País:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorio.ispa.pt:10400.12/1407