Open AccessFormal inferences and their relationships to knowledge acquisition: mental models and semantic links
Author(s) -
Miguel López Astorga,
Leyla Danae Torres-Bravo
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
principia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1808-1525
pISSN - 1414-4247
DOI - 10.5007/1808-1711.2020v24n2p325
Subject(s) - schema (genetic algorithms) , mental model , cognition , knowledge acquisition , psychology , process (computing) , computer science , cognitive psychology , cognitive science , inference , mental process , artificial intelligence , information retrieval , neuroscience , operating system
The mental model theory is an approach with clear psychological, linguistic, and cognitive consequences. This paper delves into some of the epistemological conclusions that can be drawn from it. In particular, it addresses the process why knowledge acquisition can modify the inferences people tend to make. That process is described by means of an example based on a well-known logical schema related to the conditional: Modus Tollendo Tollens.