Lorenzo Magnani
List of John Benjamins publications in which Lorenzo Magnani is involved.
Articles
2014 Gossip as a model of inference to composite hypotheses Pragmatics & Cognition 22:3, pp. 309–324 | Article
In this paper we seek an inferential and cognitive model explaining some characteristics of abduction to composite hypotheses. In the first section, we introduce the matter of composite hypotheses, stressing how it is coherent with the intuitive and philosophical contention that a single event can… read more
2010 The appeal of gossiping fallacies and its eco-logical roots Pragmatics & Cognition 18:2, pp. 365–396 | Article
In this paper we show how some reasoning, though fallacious, can appear to be attractive and useful for beings-like-us. Although they do not provide conclusive evidence to support or reject a certain claim the way scientific statements do, they tell us something interesting about how humans build… read more