The Semantic Modulation of Deductive Premises
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Two experiments examined how the mental models of premises influence deductive reasoning. Experiment 1 showed that individuals draw different conclusions from the same information depending on whether it is expressed in conditional assertions or disjunctions. It also showed that co-reference within the premises can speed up more difficult inferences. Experiment 2 corroborated these results and also showed that the failure to represent what is false can lead people to draw illusory inferences, i.e., systematic but compelling fallacies.
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