Mental model theory of reasoning

Short description: Theory in psychology

The mental model theory of reasoning was developed by Philip Johnson-Laird and Ruth M.J. Byrne (Johnson-Laird and Byrne, 1991). It has been applied to the main domains of deductive inference including relational inferences such as spatial and temporal deductions; propositional inferences, such as conditional, disjunctive and negation deductions; quantified inferences such as syllogisms; and meta-deductive inferences.

Ongoing research on mental models and reasoning has led the theory to be extended to account for probabilistic inference (e.g., Johnson-Laird, 2006) and counterfactual thinking (Byrne, 2005).

## See also

* Mental model § Mental models and reasoning
* Psychology of reasoning

## References

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

0.00

(0 votes)

Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mental model theory of reasoning. Read more

|

Retrieved from "https://handwiki.org/wiki/index.php?title=Philosophy:Mental_model_theory_of_reasoning&oldid=4021360"