Paradoxical versus modulated conditional inferences: An explanation from the Stoicism

According to standard propositional logic, the inferences in which the conditional introduction rule is used are absolutely correct. However, people do not always accept inferences of that kind. Orenes and Johnson-Laird carried out interesting experiments in this way and, based on the general framew...

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Autor: López-Astorga, Miguel
Tipo de documento: Artículo
Estado:Published version
Fecha de publicación:2016
País:Brasil
Institución:UNICAMP
Repositorio:Manuscrito (Online)
Lenguaje:Portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.periodicos.sbu.unicamp.br:article/8646147
Acceso en línea:https://periodicos.sbu.unicamp.br/ojs/index.php/manuscrito/article/view/8646147
Nivel de acceso:Acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Conditional. Inference. Mental models. Modulation. Stoicism.
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Sumario:According to standard propositional logic, the inferences in which the conditional introduction rule is used are absolutely correct. However, people do not always accept inferences of that kind. Orenes and Johnson-Laird carried out interesting experiments in this way and, based on the general framework of the mental models theory, explained clearly in which cases and under which circumstances such inferences are accepted and rejected. The goals of this paper are both to better understand some aspects of Stoic logic and to check whether or not that very logic can also offer an account on this issue. My conclusions are that, indeed, this later logic can do that, and that the results obtained by Orenes and Johnson-Laird can be explained based on the information that the sources provide on Stoic logic.