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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| Language: | eng |
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2012
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10400.12/1407 |
| Country: | Portugal |
| Oai: | oai:repositorio.ispa.pt:10400.12/1407 |