This article reviews a diverse set of proposals for dual processing in higher cognition within
largely disconnected literatures in cognitive and social psychology. All these theories have …

An extensively revised heuristic-analytic theory of reasoning is presented incorporating
three principles of hypothetical thinking. The theory assumes that reasoning and judgment …

Dual-process and dual-system theories in both cognitive and social psychology have been
subjected to a number of recently published criticisms. However, they have been attacked as …

The authors outline a theory of conditionals of the form If A then C and If A then possibly C.
The 2 sorts of conditional have separate core meanings that refer to sets of possibilities …

The human imagination remains one of the last uncharted terrains of the mind. This
accessible and original monograph explores a central aspect of the imagination, the …

This book addresses an apparent paradox in the psychology of thinking. On the one hand,
human beings are a highly successful species. On the other, intelligent adults are known to …

A new proposal for integrating the employment of formal and empirical methods in the study
of human reasoning. In Human Reasoning and Cognitive Science, Keith Stenning and …

▪ Abstract This chapter describes the main accounts of deductive competence, which explain
what is computed in carrying out deductions. It argues that people have a modicum of …

Hypothetical thought involves the imagination of possibilities and the exploration of their
consequences by a process of mental simulation. In this Classic Edition, Jonathan St BT …

Over the past decade, the question of whether there is a mental logic has become subject to
considerable debate. There have been attacks by critics who believe that all reasoning uses …