Hope A Birch
Biographic Data
| ID | 9695428 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Hope A Birch |
| GIVEN NAMES | Hope A |
| FAMILY NAME | Birch |
| SIGNATURE | BIRCH H A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Northumbria University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7201-4397 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 1 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 1 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
“Experts think…” The production and comprehension of propositional attitude generics
Propositional attitude generics such as “Experts think early humans ate grass” report an epistemic state (e.g., think, believe, say) that is generalised to a wider community (e.g., Experts, Scientists, Academics). These generics are often used in place of quantified claims (e.g., “Some experts think...”) but three pre-registered experiments (N = 4891) indicate that this lexical choice risks misrepresenting the true degree of scientific consensus.…
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“Experts think…” The production and comprehension of propositional attitude generics
Propositional attitude generics such as “Experts think early humans ate grass” report an epistemic state (e.g., think, believe, say) that is generalised to a wider community (e.g., Experts, Scientists, Academics). These generics are often used in place of quantified claims (e.g., “Some experts think...”) but three pre-registered experiments (N = 4891) indicate that this lexical choice risks misrepresenting the true degree of scientific consensus.…
Child and Animal Learning Development (1 works) · Comprehension (1 works) · Computer Science (1 works) · Economics (1 works) · Epistemology (1 works) · Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics (1 works) · Inference (1 works) · Law (1 works) · Linguistics (1 works) · Philosophy (1 works)