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Avoiding foolish consistency

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 July 2005

Steven Sloman
Steven Sloman*
Affiliation:
Department of Cognitive and Linguistic Sciences, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912 http://www.cog.brown.edu/~sloman
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steven_sloman@brown.edu
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Abstract

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In most cases, rule-governed relations and similarity relations can indeed be distinguished by the number of relevant features they require. This criterion is not sufficient, however, to explain other properties of the relations that have a more dichotomous character. I focus on the differential drive for consistency by inferential processes that draw on the two types of relations.

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Open Peer Commentary
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 28 , Issue 1 , February 2005 , pp. 33 - 34
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2005