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The Double Disjunction Task as a Coordination Problem

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Author

Editor

  • Mickiewicz Adam

Summary, in English

In this paper I present the double disjunction task as introduced by Johnson-Laird. This experiment is meant to show how mental model theory explains the discrepancy between logical competence and logical performance of individuals in deductive reasoning. I review the results of the task and identify three problems in the way the task is designed, that all fall under a lack of coordination between the subject and the experimenter, and an insufficient representation of the semantic/pragmatic interface. I then propose a reformulation of the task, that makes explicit the underlying semantic reasoning and emphasizes the difference of interpretation of the DDT between the experimenter and the subjects.

Department/s

Publishing year

2012

Language

English

Pages

27-37

Publication/Series

Proceedings of the Logic & Cognition Workshop at ESSLLI 2012

Document type

Conference paper

Publisher

CEUR-WS

Topic

  • Philosophy

Keywords

  • Logic
  • Cognition
  • Propositional Reasoning
  • Mental Models Theory

Conference name

Logic and Cognition

Conference date

2012-05-17 - 2012-05-19

Status

Published

Research group

  • Lund University Information Quality Research Group (LUIQ)
  • CogComlab