The empirical case for two systems of reasoning
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4425992 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Steven A Sloman (0000-0001-8223-3788, Brown University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1996 |
| Volume | 119 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 3-22 |
| Publication date | 1996-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Psychological Bulletin (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0033-2909 • E-ISSN: 1939-1455 |
| Publisher | American Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1037/0033-2909.119.1.3 |
| OpenAlex | W2121001250 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 672 |
| References cited | 31 |
Distinctions have been proposed between systems of reasoning for centuries. This article distills properties shared by many of these distinctions and characterizes the resulting systems in light of recent findings and theoretical developments. One system is associative because its computations reflect similarity structure and relations of temporal contiguity. The other is "rule based" because it operates on symbolic structures that have logical content and variables and because its computations have the properties that are normally assigned to rules. The systems serve complementary functions and can simultaneously generate different solutions to a reasoning problem. The rule-based system can suppress the associative system but not completely inhibit it. The article reviews evidence in favor of the distinction and its characterization
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Concepts and CategorizationWe are grateful to Alice Healy, Robert Proctor, Brian Rogosky, and Irving Weiner for helpful comments on earlier drafts of this chapter. This research was funded by National Science Foundation Reese grant DRL‐0910218, and Department of Education IES grant R305A1100060. Correspondence concerning this chapter should be addressed to [email protected] or Robert Goldstone, Psychology Department, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405. Further information about the laboratory can be found at http
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