Some scales require cognitive effort: A systematic review on the role of working memory in scalar implicature derivation

Nys, Bojan Luc; Wong, Wai; Schaeken, Walter

doi:10.1016/j.cognition.2023.105623

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“…One possible explanation for such conflation is a pragmatic phenomenon called scalar implicaturesthe information expressed by the weaker term in a semantic scale (e.g., "non-optional") is enhanced with the perceived rejection of the stronger term(s) belonging to that same scale (e.g., "forbidden"). As research has shown that such implicatures are associated with processing costs (Nys et al, 2024), in future research a dual-task approach (e.g. Janssens & Schaeken, 2016) can be applied to determine participants' perceived literal meaning by overloading participants' working memory so that no scalar implicatures are elicited.…”

Section: Meaning Conflation and Scalar Implicaturesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“Must” people reason logically with “permission” in daily situations? An explorative experimental investigation in human reasoning of normative concepts

Wong

2024

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Philosophers have long been arguing the precise semantics of different deontic terms within normative statements. However, little research has been done on the human reasoning side of understanding such terms. In this paper, we have proposed a normative scheme with bitstring semantics that is expressive enough to cover the basic normative concepts in most mainstream schemes proposed in deontic logic research. Even though further confirmation is needed, our explorative experiments on human deontic reasoning have shown results that are consistent with our proposed scheme.

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Section: Meaning Conflation and Scalar Implicaturesmentioning

confidence: 99%