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Skovgaard-Olsen, Niels, Singmann, Henrik and Klauer, Karl Christoph (2016) The relevance effect and conditionals. Cognition, 150 . pp. 26-36. doi:10.1016/j.cognition.2015.12.017 ISSN 0010-0277.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2015.12.017
Abstract
More than a decade of research has found strong evidence for P(if A, then C) = P(C|A) (“the Equation”). We argue, however, that this hypothesis provides an overly simplified picture due to its inability to account for relevance. We manipulated relevance in the evaluation of the probability and acceptability of indicative conditionals and found that relevance moderates the effect of P(C|A). This corroborates the Default and Penalty Hypothesis put forward in this paper. Finally, the probability and acceptability of concessive conditionals (“Even if A, then still C”) were investigated and it was found that the Equation provides a better account of concessive conditionals than of indicatives across relevance manipulations.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BC Logic | ||||||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Psychology | ||||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Reasoning -- Mathematical models | ||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Cognition | ||||||||
Publisher: | Elsevier | ||||||||
ISSN: | 0010-0277 | ||||||||
Official Date: | May 2016 | ||||||||
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Volume: | 150 | ||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 26-36 | ||||||||
DOI: | 10.1016/j.cognition.2015.12.017 | ||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 4 December 2018 | ||||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 4 December 2018 | ||||||||
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