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Explicit representations in hypothetical thinking

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 October 1999

Jonathan St. B. T. Evans  and
David E. Over
Jonathan St. B. T. Evans
Affiliation:
Centre for Thinking and Language, Department of Psychology, University of Plymouth, Plymouth, PL4 8AA, United [email protected]
David E. Over
Affiliation:
School of Social and International Studies, University of Sunderland, Sunderland SRI, United [email protected]
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Abstract

Dienes' & Perner's proposals are discussed in relation to the distinction between explicit and implicit systems of thinking. Evans and Over (1996) propose that explicit processing resources are required for hypothetical thinking, in which mental models of possible world states are constructed. Such thinking requires representations in which the individuals' propositional attitudes including relevant beliefs and goals are made fully explicit.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 22 , Issue 5 , October 1999 , pp. 763 - 764
Copyright
© 1999 Cambridge University Press

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