Mental model theory of reasoning

The mental model theory of reasoning was developed by Philip Johnson-Laird and Ruth M.J. Byrne.[1] It has been applied to major domains of deductive inference, including relational inferences (spatial and temporal reasoning), propositional inferences (conditional, disjunctive and negation reasoning), quantified inferences (syllogisms), and meta-deductive inferences.

Subsequent research on mental models and reasoning has extended the theory to account for probabilistic inference[2] and counterfactual thinking.[3]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Johnson-Laird, P.N.; Byrne, R.M.J. (1991). Deduction. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
  2. ↑ Johnson-Laird, P.N. (2006). How We Reason. New York: Oxford University Press.
  3. ↑ Byrne, R.M.J. (2005). The Rational Imagination: How People Create Alternatives to Reality. Cambridge, M.A.: MIT Press.

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