What causal conditional reasoning tells us about people's understanding of causality

Thinking and Reasoning

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 426-460

  Beller, Sieghard ^a   Kuhnmünch, Gregory ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

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EID: 35148849065     PISSN: 13546783     EISSN: 14640708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13546780701319122     Document Type: Article

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