The Psychology of Syllogisms
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Two experiments were carried out in which subjects had to draw conclusions from syllogistic premises. The nature of their responses showed that the figure of the syllogisms exerted a strong effect on the accuracy of performance and on the nature of the conclusions that were drawn. For example, premises such as “Some of the parents are scientists; All of the scientists are drivers” tend to elicit the conclusion, “Some of the parents are drivers” rather than its equally valid converse, “Some of the drivers are parents”. In general, premises of the form
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