Content-sensitive inference, modularity and the assumption of formal processing
Author:
Mitch Parsell
DOI:
10.1080/09515080500085361
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Philosophy of Psychology;
Psychological Science;
Number of References: 65
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Abstract
Performance on the Wason selection task varies with content. This has been taken to demonstrate that there are different cognitive modules for dealing with different conceptual domains. This implication is only legitimate if our underlying cognitive architecture is formal. A non-formal system can explain content-sensitive inference without appeal to independent inferential modules.
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