How We Detect Logical Inconsistencies

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 41-45

  Johnson Laird, P N ^a   Legrenzi, Paolo ^b   Girotto, Vittorio ^b,c  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY IUAV OF VENICE   (Italy)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Inconsistency; Mental models; Reasoning

Indexed keywords

EID: 2142719784     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0963-7214.2004.00271.x     Document Type: Article

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