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    A process model of the understanding of uncertain conditionals

    Kleiter, G.D. and Fugard, Andi and Pfeifer, N. (2018) A process model of the understanding of uncertain conditionals. Thinking & Reasoning 24 (3), pp. 386-422. ISSN 1354-6783.

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    Abstract

    To build a process model of the understanding of conditionals we extract a common core of three semantics of if-then sentences: (a) the conditional event interpretation in the coherencebased probability logic, (b) the discourse processingtheory of Hans Kamp, and (c) the game-theoretical approach of Jaakko Hintikka. The empirical part reports three experiments in which each participant assessed the probability of 52 if-then sentencesin a truth table task. Each experiment included a second task: An n-back task relating the interpretation of conditionals to working memory, a Bayesian bookbag and poker chip task relating the interpretation of conditionals to probability updating, and a probabilistic modus ponens task relating the interpretation of conditionals to a classical inference task. Data analysis shows that the way in which the conditionals are interpreted correlates with each of the supplementary tasks. The results are discussed within the process model proposed in the introduction.

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    Item Type: Article
    Keyword(s) / Subject(s): Uncertain reasoning, conditionals, conditional events, coherent probabilities, n-back task
    School: Birkbeck Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences > School of Social Sciences
    Depositing User: Administrator
    Date Deposited: 23 Feb 2018 10:10
    Last Modified: 02 Aug 2023 17:39
    URI: https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/21098

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