Semantics as a foundation for psychology: A case study of wason's selection task

被引：27

作者：

Stenning K. ^{[1
]}

Van Eambaegen M. ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] HCRC, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 9LW

[2] ILLC, University of Amsterdam, 1018 TV Amsterdam

来源：

Journal of Logic, Language and Information | 2001年 / 10卷 / 3期

基金：

英国工程与自然科学研究理事会; 英国经济与社会研究理事会;

关键词：

4-card task; Bayesian probability; Conditionals; Evolutionary psychology; Semantics;

D O I：

10.1023/A:1011211207884

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摘要：

We review the various explanations that have been offered to account for subjects' behaviour in Wason's famous selection task. We argue that one element that is lacking is a good understanding of subjects' semantics for the key expressions involved, and an understanding of how this semantics is affected by the demands the task puts upon the subject's cognitive system. We make novel proposals in these terms for explaining the major content effects of deontic materials. Throughout we illustrate with excerpts from tutorial dialogues which motivate the kinds of analysis proposed. Our long term goal is an integration of the various insights about conditional reasoning on offer from different cognitive science methodologies. The purpose of this paper is to try to draw the attention of logicians and semanticists to this area, since we believe that empirical investigation of the cognitive processes involved could benefit from semantic analyses. © 2001 Kluwer Academic Publishers.

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页码：273 / 317

页数：44

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