Naïve deontics: A theory of meaning, representation, and reasoning

Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 159-193

  Bucciarelli, Monica ^a   Johnson Laird, Phil N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Deductive reasoning; Deontics; Illusory inferences; Mental models; Semantics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; ITALY; LOGIC; MENTAL FUNCTION; MORALITY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEMANTICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

HUMANS; ITALY; LOGIC; MENTAL PROCESSES; MORALS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SEMANTICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 12844279011     PISSN: 00100285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cogpsych.2004.08.001     Document Type: Article

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