Mental models and omissive causation
Some causal relations refer to causation by commission (e.g., “A gunshot causes death”), and others refer to causation by omission (e.g., “Not breathing causes death”). We describe a theory of the representation of omissive causation based on the assumption that people mentally simulate sets of poss...
Main Authors: | Bello, P. (Author), Briggs, G. (Author), Khemlani, S. (Author), Wasylyshyn, C. (Author) |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Springer New York LLC
2018
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Online Access: | View Fulltext in Publisher |
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