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Mental Models In Cognitive Science
Essays In Honour Of Phil Johnson-Laird
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Phil Johnson-Laird's theory of mental models has proved to be an influential development in the cognitive sciences. This theory aims to provide a detailed account of both reasoning and inference on the one hand, and language on the other. It can therefore be regarded as a step toward the much-sought-after unified theory of cognition.; This book provides an overview of mental models research. Some of the contributors were collaborators or former graduate students of Johnson-Laird, and between them they cover the main strands of mental models theory. After an appreciation of Johnson-Laird, the book covers topics including language Processing, Reasoning, Inference, The Role Of Emotions, And The Impact Of mental illnesses on thought processes.
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PsychologyTable of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- List of Contributors
- Preface
- Foreword: Early Impressions of a Research Worker (1963-1980)
- 1. Contextuality
- 2. The Interpretation of Words
- 3. The Other Side of Mental Models: Theories of Language Comprehension
- 4. Mental Models, Propositions, and the Comprehension of Pronouns
- 5. Mental Models in Children’s Text Comprehension
- 6. Mental Models in Reasoning and Decision-making Processes
- 7. Models, Arguments and Decisions
- 8. Compatibility in Decisions and in Models
- 9. Towards a Model Theory of Imaginary Thinking
- 10. Emotions, Rationality, and Informal Reasoning
- 11. The Mental Health of Mental Models and the Mental Models of Mental Health
- 12. Applied Mental Models in Human-Computer Interaction
- 13. Interaction and Mental Models of Physics Phenomena: Evidence from Dialogues between Learners
- 14. Causality by Contact
- 15. The Blues and the Abstract Truth: Music and Mental Models
- 16. Afterword: The Model Theory of Reasoning: Current Standing and Future Prospects
- Author Index
- Subject Index
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