THE INFLUENCE OF BELIEF BIAS ON SYLLOGISTIC REASONING

  • NICOLA-JANE LAMBELL

Student thesis: PhD

Abstract

The syllogistic evaluation task paradigm requires participants to assess whether a conclusion is logically determined by its premises. The inability to ignore beliefs when attempting to comply with this requirement is the phenomenon known as ‘belief bias’. This research programme primarily examines this phenomenon and is motivated by conflicting accounts of how it arises. This research also examines the relative believability of the logical quantifiers which are used to construct the syllogistic task.
Date of Award1998
Original languageEnglish
Awarding Institution
  • University of Plymouth

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