Two Cognitive Systems, Two Implications, and Selection Tasks

Angelina Bobrova, Ahti Veikko Pietarinen*

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    Abstract

    Dual-process theories of reasoning take for granted the fundamental difference between the two cognitive systems, Systems 1 and 2. This paper, in contrast, argues that System 1, which is responsible for fast, intuitive, associative, and effortless reasoning, can be explained to be just as logical as System 2, which is said to draw consequences in rule-based, rational and criticised fashions. The only difference between the two systems is argued to be that the former draws conclusions in a logic which is diagrammatic, and moreover a positive and implicational fragment of ordinary, classical logic. Such a fundamental connection between the two systems is then applied to explain away cognitive biases in the Wason card selection task. The selection task thus ceases to represent a paradigm case of confirmation bias, because both systems of reasoning exhibit important processes of logical inferences.

    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationSoftware Engineering and Formal Methods
    Subtitle of host publicationSEFM 2019 Collocated Workshops: CoSim-CPS, ASYDE, CIFMA, and FOCLASA, Oslo, Norway, September 16–20, 2019, Revised Selected Papers
    EditorsJavier Camara, Martin Steffen
    PublisherSpringer Cham
    Pages195-205
    Number of pages11
    Edition1st
    ISBN (Electronic)9783030575069
    ISBN (Print)9783030575052
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 9 Sept 2020
    Event3rd International Workshop on Formal Co-Simulation of Cyber-Physical Systems, CoSim-CPS 2019, International Workshop on Automated and verifiable Software System Development, ASYDE 2019, International Workshop on Cognition: Interdisciplinary Foundations, Models and Applications, CIFMA 2019 and 17th International Workshop on Foundations of Coordination Languages and Self-Adaptiveness of Software Applications, FOCLASA 2019, co-located with the 17th International Conference on Software Engineering and Formal Methods, SEFM 2019 - Oslo, Norway
    Duration: 16 Sept 201920 Sept 2019
    https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-30446-1
    https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-57506-9

    Publication series

    NameLecture Notes in Computer Science
    Volume12226
    ISSN (Print)0302-9743
    ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349
    NameProgramming and Software Engineering (LNPSE)
    NameSEFM: International Conference on Software Engineering and Formal Methods

    Conference

    Conference3rd International Workshop on Formal Co-Simulation of Cyber-Physical Systems, CoSim-CPS 2019, International Workshop on Automated and verifiable Software System Development, ASYDE 2019, International Workshop on Cognition: Interdisciplinary Foundations, Models and Applications, CIFMA 2019 and 17th International Workshop on Foundations of Coordination Languages and Self-Adaptiveness of Software Applications, FOCLASA 2019, co-located with the 17th International Conference on Software Engineering and Formal Methods, SEFM 2019
    Country/TerritoryNorway
    CityOslo
    Period16/09/1920/09/19
    Internet address

    Scopus Subject Areas

    • Theoretical Computer Science
    • Computer Science(all)

    User-Defined Keywords

    • Cognition
    • Diagrammatic logic
    • Dual-processes
    • Logic
    • Peirce’s graphs
    • Positive implication
    • Wason card selection task

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