Reasoning about make-believe and hypothetical suppositions: Towards a theory of belief-contravening reasoning

Cognitive Development

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 545-575

  Amsel, Eric ^a   Trionfi, Gabriel ^a   Campbell, Richard ^a  

^a WEBER STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Belief contravening reasoning; Hypothetical suppositions; Make believe suppositions

Indexed keywords

EID: 28244449332     PISSN: 08852014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cogdev.2005.08.002     Document Type: Article

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