The evaluation of the consistency of quantified assertions.

Consistency is a hallmark of rationality, and this article reports three experiments examining how reasoners determine the consistency of quantified assertions about the properties of individuals-for example, All of the actors are waiters. The mental model theory postulates that reasoners determine...

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Publicado en:Memory & Cognition Vol. 42; no. 1; pp. 53 - 67
Autores principales: Ragni, Marco, Khemlani, Sangeet, Johnson-Laird, P.
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Publicado: Springer Nature Jan2014
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