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Publication details [#2174]

Clark, Herbert H. 1969. Linguistic processes in deductive reasoning. Psychological Review 76 : 387–404.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

comprehension | mental process | reasoning

Annotation

C. argues that reasoning is accomplished mainly through certain very general linguistic processes, the same mental operations that are used regularly in understanding language. This claim is sustained with experimental data.

Reprints

Johnson-Laird, Philip N. and P.C. Wason. 1977. In Johnson-Laird, Philip N. and P.C. Wason, eds. Thinking: Readings in cognitive science. Cambridge University Press. pp. 98–113.