The difficulty of the Linda conjunction problem can be attributed to its simultaneous concrete and unnatural representation, and not to conversational implicature.

A study was conducted to examine whether the high occurrence of conjunction errors (CEs) to the notorious Linda conjunction problem can be explained by the violation of implicit conversational rules rather than by its concrete-unnatural representation, as suggested by cognitive-experiential self-the...

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Publicado en:Journal of Experimental Social Psychology Vol. 33; pp. 1 - 21
Autores principales: Donovan, Sean, Epstein, Seymour
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Academic Press Inc. January 1997
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