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Mental models, sentential reasoning, and illusory inferencesIn Carsten Held, Markus Knauff & Gottfried Vosgerau (eds.), Mental models and the mind: current developments in cognitive psychology, neuroscience, and philosophy of mind, Elsevier. 2006.
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Reasoning from múltiple conditionals: The interaction between content and structureThinking and Reasoning 4 97-122. 1998.
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21William H. Dray, History as Re-enactment: RG Collingwood's Idea of History, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1995, pp. xii+ 347 (review)Philosophical Investigations 21 (1). 1998.
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William H. Dray, History as Re-enactment: RG Collingwood's Idea of HistoryPhilosophical Investigations 21 88-90. 1998.
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1When 'or'means 'and': a study in mental modelsIn Ashwin Ram & Kurt Eiselt (eds.), Proceedings of the Sixteenth Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society: August 13 to 16, 1994, Georgia Institute of Technology, Erlbaum. pp. 475--478. 1994.
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32Explanations make inconsistencies harder to detectIn S. Ohlsson & R. Catrambone (eds.), Proceedings of the 32nd Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, Cognitive Science Society. 2010.
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43Illusions of consistency in quantified assertionsIn S. Ohlsson & R. Catrambone (eds.), Proceedings of the 32nd Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, Cognitive Science Society. 2010.
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30RG Collingwood and the Albert MemorialCollingwood and British Idealism Studies 15 (1): 7-40. 2009.The argument of this article is that the Albert Memorial acted as a catalyst for some of Collingwood's most well known ideas in the philosophy of history and aesthetics. It was not, however, the exclusive source of those ideas, and indeed they had philosophical expression elsewhere. One may view his contemplations, then, as work in progress. For example, the logic of question and answer promoted by the Memorial was also prompted by Collingwood's reading of Bacon and Descartes. This was a reflect…Read more
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13Review of Fred Inglis, History Man: The Life of R. G. Collingwood (review)Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews 2009 (10). 2009.
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An antidote to illusory inferencesIn Garrison W. Cottrell (ed.), Proceedings of the Eighteenth Annual Conference of The Cognitive Science Society, Lawrence Erlbaum. pp. 820. 1996.
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4Models, Causation, and ExplanationIn A. J. Sanford & P. N. Johnson-Laird (eds.), The nature and limits of human understanding, T & T Clark. 2003.
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Illusions of understandingIn A. J. Sanford & P. N. Johnson-Laird (eds.), The nature and limits of human understanding, T & T Clark. pp. 3--25. 2003.
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The psychology of understandingIn A. J. Sanford & P. N. Johnson-Laird (eds.), The nature and limits of human understanding, T & T Clark. 2003.
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55Review of R.G. Collingwood, An Essay on Philosophical Method; the Philosophy of Enchantment, Studies in Folktale, Cultural Criticism, and Anthropology (review)Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews 2006 (5). 2006.
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17Models of Possibilities Instead of Logic as the Basis of Human ReasoningMinds and Machines 34 (3): 1-22. 2024.The theory of mental models and its computer implementations have led to crucial experiments showing that no standard logic—the sentential calculus and all logics that include it—can underlie human reasoning. The theory replaces the logical concept of validity (the conclusion is true in all cases in which the premises are true) with necessity (conclusions describe no more than possibilities to which the premises refer). Many inferences are both necessary and valid. But experiments show that indi…Read more
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1How we reason: a view from psychologyThe Reasoner 2 4-5. 2008.Good reasoning can lead to success; bad reasoning can lead to catastrophe. Yet it's not obvious how we reason, and why we make mistakes. This book by one of the pioneers of the field, Philip Johnson-Laird, looks at the mental processes that underlie our reasoning. It provides the most accessible account yet of the science of reasoning
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4Mental Models in Prepositional ReasoningIn Ashwin Ram & Kurt Eiselt (eds.), Proceedings of the Sixteenth Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society: August 13 to 16, 1994, Georgia Institute of Technology, Erlbaum. pp. 16--15. 1994.
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22The Meaning of ModalityCognitive Science 2 (1): 17-26. 1978.This paper describes a semantics for modal terms such as can and may that is intended to model the mental representation of their meaning. The basic assumption of the theory is that the evaluation of a modal assertion involves an attempted mental construction of a specified alternative to a given situation rather than the separate evaluation of each member of a set of possible alternatives as would be required by a “possible worlds” semantics. The theory leads to the conclusion that, contrary to…Read more
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12Will there be any neat solutions to small problems in cognitive science?Cognitive Science 3 (2): 173-176. 1979.
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23Will There Be Any Neat Solutions to Small Problems in Cognitive Science?Cognitive Science 3 (2): 173-176. 1979.
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57The nature and limits of human understanding (edited book)T & T Clark. 2003.This book is an exploration of human understanding, from the perspectives of psychology, philosophy, biology and theology. The six contributors are among the most internationally eminent in their fields. Though scholarly, the writing is non-technical. No background in psychology, philosophy or theology is presumed. No other interdisciplinary work has undertaken to explore the nature of human understanding. This book is unique, and highly significant for anyone interested in or concerned about th…Read more
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73R.G. Collingwood: an introductionThoemmes. 1998.Why should modern philosophers read the works of R. G. Collingwood? His ideas are often thought difficult to locate in the main lines of development taken by twentieth-century philosophy. Some have read Collingwood as anticipating the later Wittgenstein, others have concentrated exclusively on the internal coherence of his thought. This work aims to introduce Collingwood to contemporary students of philosophy through direct engagement with his arguments. It is a conversation with Collingwood tha…Read more
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