Conditional reasoning and the Wason selection task: Biconditional interpretation instead of reasoning bias.
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| Title: | Conditional reasoning and the Wason selection task: Biconditional interpretation instead of reasoning bias. |
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| Authors: | Wagner-Egger, Pascal (AUTHOR) |
| Source: | Thinking & Reasoning. Nov2007, Vol. 13 Issue 4, p484-505. 22p. 3 Charts, 4 Graphs. |
| Subjects: | Logic, Conditionals (Logic), Deontic logic, Ambiguity, Reasoning |
| Abstract: | Two experiments were conducted to show that the IF ... THEN ... rules used in the different versions of Wason's (1966) selection task are not psychologically - though they are logically - equivalent. Some of these rules are considered by the participants as strict logical conditionals, whereas others are interpreted as expressing a biconditional relationship. A deductive task was used jointly with the selection task to show that the original abstract rule is quite ambiguous in this respect, contrary to deontic rules: the typical "error" made by most people may indeed be explained by the fact that they consider the abstract rule as a biconditional. Thus, there is no proper error or bias in the selection task as it is still argued, but a differential interpretation of the rule. The need for taking into account a pragmatic component in the process of reasoning is illustrated by the experiments. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Database: | Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection |
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