Two Causal Theories of Counterfactual Conditionals
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Two Causal Theories of Counterfactual Conditionals
Bayes nets are formal representations of causal systems that many psychologists have claimed as plausible mental representations. One purported advantage of Bayes nets is that they may provide a theory of counterfactual conditionals, such as If Calvin had been at the party, Miriam would have left early. This article compares two proposed Bayes net theories as models of people's understanding of...
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عنوان ژورنال: Cognitive Science
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0364-0213,1551-6709
DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-6709.2009.01080.x