The role of logical reasoning, belief-content and the type of inference in belief revision
Pragmatics and Cognition, cilt.31, sa.1, ss.205-243, 2024 (AHCI, SSCI, Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 31 Sayı: 1
- Basım Tarihi: 2024
- Doi Numarası: 10.1075/pc.00045.ozd
- Dergi Adı: Pragmatics and Cognition
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.205-243
- Anahtar Kelimeler: abstract vs real-world content, belief revision strategies, deductive reasoning, inferential thinking, logical reasoning ability
- Maltepe Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
Prior research shows mixed findings regarding individuals’ belief-revision strategies. The current research is aimed to test (a) whether individuals’ reasoning across abstract vs real-world content shows similarity, and (b) whether individuals’ syllogistic reasoning predicts their belief-revision strategies. Experiment 1, testing 76 participants (50 females), provides evidence for the similarity in reasoning across abstract and real-world content (p <.05). In Experiment 2, testing 84 participants (58 females), we find no significant effect of reasoning performance on belief-revision strategies (p >.05). Individuals seem to revise the conditional statement in the AC and DA inferences, especially when the content poses a threat. In contrast, individuals prefer to revise the categorical premise in the MT inferences, especially when the content poses a threat. These findings suggest that in the face of inconsistency individuals’ decision about which of their prior beliefs they should revise is influenced by the structure and content of the belief-contravening problem rather than their reasoning ability.