Causal reasoning with mental models

This paper outlines the model-based theory of causal reasoning. It postulates that the core meanings of causal assertions are deterministic and refer to temporally-ordered sets of possibilities: A causes B to occur means that given A, B occurs, whereas A enables B to occur means that given A, it is...

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Main Authors: Sangeet eKhemlani, Aron K Barbey, Philip Nicholas Johnson-Laird
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnhum.2014.00849/full