Pragmatics, Mental Models and One Paradox of the Material Conditional

Mind and Language

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 141-155

  Bonnefon, Jean François ^a   Politzer, Guy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

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EID: 79952644954     PISSN: 02681064     EISSN: 14680017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0017.2011.01413.x     Document Type: Article

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