Causal models how people think about the world and its alternatives / Steven Sloman.

Author/creator Sloman, Steven A.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoOxford ; New York : Oxford University Press,
Descriptionxi, 212 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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Contents Agency and the role of causation in mental life -- The information is in the invariants -- What is a cause? -- Causal models -- Observation versus action -- Reasoning about causation -- Decision making via causal consequences -- The psychology of judgment : causality is pervasive -- Causality and conceptual structure -- Categorical induction -- Locating causal structure in language -- Causal learning -- Causation in the mind.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 191-200) and index.
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LCCN 2004031000
ISBN0195183118 (hardcover)
ISBN9780195183115

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