People Like Logical Truth: Testing the Intuitive Detection of Logical Value in Basic Propositions.

ABSTRACT: Recent studies on logical reasoning have suggested that people are intuitively aware of the logical validity of syllogisms or that they intuitively detect conflict between heuristic responses and logical norms via slight changes in their feelings. According to logical intuition studies, logically valid or heuristic logic no-conflict reasoning is fluently processed and induces positive feelings without conscious awareness. One criticism states that such effects of logicality disappear when confounding factors such as the content of syllogisms are controlled. The present study used abstract propositions and tested whether people intuitively detect logical value. Experiment 1 presented four logical propositions (conjunctive, biconditional, conditional, and material implications) regarding a t

SUBMITTER: Nakamura H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5201307 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature