Content-sensitive inference, modularity and the assumption of formal processing

Author: Parsell, Mitch

Source: Philosophical Psychology, Volume 18, Number 1, February 2005 , pp. 45-58(14)

Publisher: Routledge, part of the Taylor & Francis Group

Abstract:

Performance on the Wason selection task varies with content. This has been taken to demonstrate that there are different cognitive modules for dealing with different conceptual domains. This implication is only legitimate if our underlying cognitive architecture is formal. A non-formal system can explain content-sensitive inference without appeal to independent inferential modules.

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09515080500085361

Publication date: 2005-02-01

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