Sangeet Khemlani
Biographic Data
| ID | 1662406 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sangeet Khemlani |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sangeet |
| FAMILY NAME | Khemlani |
| SIGNATURE | KHEMLANI S |
| AFFILIATIONS | United States Naval Research Laboratory |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1158-553X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 11 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Naïve epistemics: A theory of rational and error-prone mental state reasoning
The latent scope bias: Robust and replicable
What happened to the “new paradigm”? Commentary on Knauff and Gazzo Castañeda (2023)
Knauff and Gazzo Castañeda (this issue) critique the "new paradigm" – a framework that replaces logic with probabilities – on the grounds that there existed no "old” paradigm for it to supplant. Their position is supported by the large numbers of theories that theorists developed to explain the Wason selection task, syllogisms, and other tasks. We propose some measures to inhibit such facile theorizing, which threatens the viability of cognitive …
Recursion in programs, thought, and language
The Power of Theory
No abstract available
Teleological generics
Explanatory completeness
Latent scope bias in categorization
Theories of the syllogism: A meta-analysis
Syllogisms are arguments about the properties of entities. They consist of 2 premises and a conclusion, which can each be in 1 of 4 "moods": All A are B, Some A are B, No A are B, and Some A are not B. Their logical analysis began with Aristotle, and their psychological investigation began over 100 years ago. This article outlines the logic of inferences about syllogisms, which includes the evaluation of the consistency of sets of assertions. It …
Negation: A theory of its meaning, representation, and use
This article presents a model-based theory of what negation means, how it is mentally represented, and how it is understood. The theory postulates that negation takes a single argument that refers to a set of possibilities and returns the complement of that set. Individuals therefore tend to assign a small scope to negation in order to minimize the number of models of possibilities that they have to consider. Individuals untrained in logic do not…
When one model casts doubt on another: A levels-of-analysis approach to causal discounting
Discounting is a phenomenon in causal reasoning in which the presence of one cause casts doubt on another. We provide a survey of the descriptive and formal models that attempt to explain the discounting process and summarize what current models do not account for and where room for improvement exists. We propose a levels-of-analysis framework organized around 2 types of models of causal discounting: computational and algorithmic models. Theories…
Negation: A theory of its meaning, representation, and use
This article presents a model-based theory of what negation means, how it is mentally represented, and how it is understood. The theory postulates that negation takes a single argument that refers to a set of possibilities and returns the complement of that set. Individuals therefore tend to assign a small scope to negation in order to minimize the number of models of possibilities that they have to consider. Individuals untrained in logic do not…
When one model casts doubt on another: A levels-of-analysis approach to causal discounting
Discounting is a phenomenon in causal reasoning in which the presence of one cause casts doubt on another. We provide a survey of the descriptive and formal models that attempt to explain the discounting process and summarize what current models do not account for and where room for improvement exists. We propose a levels-of-analysis framework organized around 2 types of models of causal discounting: computational and algorithmic models. Theories…
Latent scope bias in categorization
When one model casts doubt on another: A levels-of-analysis approach to causal discounting
Discounting is a phenomenon in causal reasoning in which the presence of one cause casts doubt on another. We provide a survey of the descriptive and formal models that attempt to explain the discounting process and summarize what current models do not account for and where room for improvement exists. We propose a levels-of-analysis framework organized around 2 types of models of causal discounting: computational and algorithmic models. Theories…
Theories of the syllogism: A meta-analysis
Syllogisms are arguments about the properties of entities. They consist of 2 premises and a conclusion, which can each be in 1 of 4 "moods": All A are B, Some A are B, No A are B, and Some A are not B. Their logical analysis began with Aristotle, and their psychological investigation began over 100 years ago. This article outlines the logic of inferences about syllogisms, which includes the evaluation of the consistency of sets of assertions. It …
Negation: A theory of its meaning, representation, and use
This article presents a model-based theory of what negation means, how it is mentally represented, and how it is understood. The theory postulates that negation takes a single argument that refers to a set of possibilities and returns the complement of that set. Individuals therefore tend to assign a small scope to negation in order to minimize the number of models of possibilities that they have to consider. Individuals untrained in logic do not…
Latent scope bias in categorization
Teleological generics
Explanatory completeness
The Power of Theory
No abstract available
Recursion in programs, thought, and language
What happened to the “new paradigm”? Commentary on Knauff and Gazzo Castañeda (2023)
Knauff and Gazzo Castañeda (this issue) critique the "new paradigm" – a framework that replaces logic with probabilities – on the grounds that there existed no "old” paradigm for it to supplant. Their position is supported by the large numbers of theories that theorists developed to explain the Wason selection task, syllogisms, and other tasks. We propose some measures to inhibit such facile theorizing, which threatens the viability of cognitive …
The latent scope bias: Robust and replicable
Naïve epistemics: A theory of rational and error-prone mental state reasoning
Psychology (7 works) · Cognitive psychology (6 works) · Computer Science (6 works) · Artificial Intelligence (5 works) · Epistemology (5 works) · Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics (4 works) · Artificial Intelligence (3 works) · Child and Animal Learning Development (3 works) · Cognitive science (3 works) · Mathematics (3 works)