%0 Journal Article 
%A López Astorga, Miguel
%T The disjunction introduction rule: Syntactic and semantics considerations


%D 2015
%@ 1133628x
%U http://hdl.handle.net/10498/17938
%X The mental logic
theory claims that the disjunction
introduction rule, which is
a valid rule in classical logic, is
not a rule naturally used by the
human mind. However, a study
carried out by Orenes and Johnson-
Laird suggests that this
theory is wrong because there
are cases in which the disjunction
introduction rule appears
to be applied by individuals.
Orenes and Johnson-Laird explain
their results based on the
mental models theory. Nevertheless,
in this paper, I try to
show that, if it is assumed that
people recover, by means of a
semantic analysis of possibilities,
the real logical forms of
propositions before using formal
rules, the mental logic theory
can also explain the results
achieved by Orenes and Johnson-
Laird. Likewise, I include
some comments on the possibility
that both theories are complementary
and related.


%K disjunction introduction rule
%K logical forms
%K mental models
%K semantics
%K syntax
%K reglas de introducción de la disyunción
%K formas lógicas
%K modelos mentales
%K semántica
%K sintaxis
%K règle d'introduction de la disjonction
%K formes logiques
%K modèles mentaux
%K sémantique
%K syntaxe
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