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Author Sloman, Steven A.

Title Causal models [electronic resource] : how people think about the world and its alternatives / Steven Sloman.

Imprint Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.

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 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description xi, 212 p. : ill.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-200) and index.
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.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Psychology -- Mathematical models.
Causation.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 0195183118 (hardcover)

 
    
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