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Logical Abilities in Children : Reasoning and Concepts.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Osherson, Daniel N.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Milton : Taylor and Francis, 2017.
Colección:Logical Abilities in Children.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; PART I : INTRODUCTION; 1. Two Leftovers from Volume 3; 1.1 Developmental Change; 1.2 Empirical Constraints on Deduction Models; 1.3 Plan of This Work; 2. Some Methodological Issues; 2.1 Changes in Procedure; 2.2 A Different ""Null Hypothesis"" for the Inventory Prediction; 3. A Deduction Model for Quantifiers; 3.1 A New Formulation for the Class of Deduction Models; 3.2 The Language Lq; 3.3 Some Useful Definitions; 3.4 Rewrite Rules and Helping Conditions; 3.5 The Operations o[sub(Lq)]; 3.6 Derivations in o[sub(Lq)].
  • 3.7 Six Remarks about MqPART II: EXPERIMENTAL TEST OF Mq, AND TH E QUESTION O F DEVELOPMENTAL CHANGE; 4. Experiment 1 : Test of Mq with Adolescent Subjects; 4.1 Design; 4.2 Method; 4.3 Preliminary Analysis of Results; 4.4 Inventory Analysis; 4.5 Additivity Analysis; 4.6 Conclusion from Experiment 1; 5. Experiment 2: Test of Mq with Child Subjects; 5.1 Design; 5.2 Method; 5.3 Preliminary Analyses of Results; 5.4 Inventory Analysis; 5.5 Additivity Analysis; 5.6 Conclusions from Experiment 2; 6. Experiment 3: Test of the Model with Arguments Based on Time; 6.1 Design; 6.2 Method.
  • 6.3 Preliminary Analyses of Results6.4 Inventory Analysis; 6.5 Additivity Analysis; 6.6 Conclusions from Experiment 3; 7. Experiment 4: Test of Mt with Child Subjects; 7.1 Design; 7.2 Methods; 7.3 Preliminary Analyses of Results; 7.4 Inventory Analysis; 7.5 Additivity Analysis; 7.6 Conclusions from Experiment 4; PART III: EXPLANATORY ADEQUACY OF DEDUCTION MODELS; 8. Explanatory Adequacy: General Considerations; 8.1 Conceptual Domains of English; 8.2 Observational and Descriptive Adequacy; 8.3 Research Problem and Plan of Attack; 8.4 Properties of Derivations Evoked by Conceptual Domains.
  • 8.5 Explanatory Adequacy8.6 Learning Theory and Two Kinds of Theories of Conceptual Domains; 8.7 Explanatory Adequacy and Real-Time Considerations; 8.8 Simplicity Metrics; 8.9 The Analogy with the Goals of Generative Grammar; 8.10 Summary; 9. Proposals for a Theory of Conceptual Domains; 9.1 Observational and Descriptive Adequacy of Mq; 9.2 Formal Properties of; 9.3 What Set of Derivations Does the Theory Exclude?; PART IV: AN INITIAL TEST OF THE THEORY; 10. A Deduction Model for the Conceptual Domain of Necessity and Possibility; 10.1 The Deduction Model, Mn; 10. 2 Derivations in o[sub(Ln)].
  • 10. 3 Formalizability of Mn under Conditions 1-9 Clarification of Condition 6; 10. 4 Experimental Test of Mn: Design and Method; 10. 5 Preliminary Analysis of Results; 10. 6 Inventory and Additivity Analyses; 10. 7 Conclusions from Experiment 5; 11. A Deduction Model for the Conceptual Domain of Obligation and Permissibility; 11.1 The Deduction Model, Md; 11. 2 Derivations in o[sub(Ld)]; 11. 3 Experimental Test of Md: Design and Method; 11. 4 Preliminary Analyses of Results; 11. 5 Inventory and Additivity Analyses; 11. 6 Conclusions from Experiment 6; Epilogue; Appendix; References.