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Cognitive psychology

compelling but invalid deductions predicted by mental model theory, arising because reasoners represent only what is true in each possibility.

In cognitive psychology, illusory inferences refers to compelling but invalid deductions predicted by mental model theory, arising because reasoners represent only what is true in each possibility. This meaning comes from Johnson-Laird (1999) in Cognition.[1]

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References

Johnson-Laird, P. N., & Savary, F. (1999). Illusory inferences: a novel class of erroneous deductions. Cognition, 71(3), 191-229. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0010-0277(99)00015-3

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