Not all empirical work in the psychology of perception has operated explicitly within a theoretical framework. But when it has, that framework has usually been provided by the inferential theory of perception. I argue that in spite of its explanatory strengths, the inferential theory of perception conceals a well-established empirical phenomenon. That phenomenon is known in ordinary parlance as...

There is evidence that the cognitive vulnerabilities featured in the hopelessness theory of depression-inferential styles for the causes, consequences, and self-worth implications of negative events-increase risk for depression. Given this, it is important to understand how these inferential styles develop. In this study, we examined the impact of overt and relational peer victimization in a mu...

The authors argue for a generalisation of inference f rom the standard account in terms of truth preservation to one which coun tenances p r e s e r v a t i o n o f o the r desirable metalinguistic properties. The development is partly historical and partly a n a l y t i c . A r e l a t i o n a l a c c o u n t o f preservation is then presented and from this the two notions of inferential struc...