Linguistic Factors in Reasoning
Quarterly Journal of Experimental PsychologyPublished 1 May 1977
Jonathan St. B. T. Evans
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Abstract
An experiment is reported which attempts to demonstrate the effects of manipulating two linguistic variables on a propositional reasoning task, one relating to the linguistic form of the logical rule, and the other to the presence and absence of negative components. The results are discussed in relation to Evans' (1972a) distinction between interpretational and operational factors in reasoning. Problems arising from the application of this distinction are discussed in detail.
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