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Advanced testing of the LoT hypothesis by social reasoning

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 September 2023

David J. Grüning Open the ORCID record for David J. Grüning [Opens in a new window]
David J. Grüning*
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Psychology Department, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany. [email protected] Department of Survey Design and Methodology, GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences, Mannheim, Germany
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Abstract

I elaborate on Quilty-Dunn et al.'s integration of the language-of-thought hypothesis in social reasoning by outlining two discrepancies between the experimental paradigms referred to by the authors and the social world: Self-referential projection and deliberate thinking in experiments. Robust tests of the hypothesis in social reasoning should include observational, natural, and cross-cultural approaches.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 46 , 2023 , e276
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2023. Published by Cambridge University Press

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