Ups and downs in syllogistic reasoning
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Summary
This work presents data showing that sentences and arguments containing both types of quantifier are more difficult than others, and that inferences from subsets to supersets turn out to be easier than inferences that go in the opposite direction.
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- article
- Published
- 2005-01-01
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Keywords
Quantifier (linguistics), Syllogism, Mathematics, License, Argument (complex analysis)
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