The King and Ace Puzzle: A Proposal of Solution from a Term Logic

What I call the ‘king and ace puzzle’ here is an inference whose correct conclusion is hard to infer for people. There are reasoning theories offering explanations about this fact, including relevant frameworks such as the mental logic theory and the theory of mental models. In this paper, I claim t...

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Published in:Profil
Main Author: Miguel López-Astroga
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Masaryk University 2025-06-01
Subjects:
conditional
inheritance copula
inheritance logic
propositional logic
term logic
Online Access:https://journals.phil.muni.cz/profil/article/view/40436/34127
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Summary:What I call the ‘king and ace puzzle’ here is an inference whose correct conclusion is hard to infer for people. There are reasoning theories offering explanations about this fact, including relevant frameworks such as the mental logic theory and the theory of mental models. In this paper, I claim that a term logic such as Inheritance Logic can also give us its account of that cognitive phenomenon. The key is the assumption of an equivalence: conditionals can be deemed as inheritance copulas.
ISSN:1212-9097

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