Necessity, sufficiency, and perspective effects in causal conditional reasoning
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Causal conditional reasoning is examined in two experiments, aimed to determine the relationship between perspective effect and causal reasoning. Topics include deontic logic, which is concerned with reasoning involving obligations and permissions, causal contexts, and social roles
Publication Name: Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology: Part A: Human Experimental Psychology
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 1464-0740
Year: 1999
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Premise misinterpretation and syllogistic reasoning
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Syllogisms, or logic problems, are used extensively in the study of logical reasoning. The number of errors made while solving certain types of syllogisms is significantly decreased when the subject is provided with an elaboration of the premise.
Publication Name: Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology: Part A: Human Experimental Psychology
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 1464-0740
Year: 1999
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