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8415
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5288
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893

Overview

David E. Over is affiliated with Durham University in the United Kingdom and has contributed to various areas of research primarily at the intersection of computer science, philosophy, and decision sciences. Their academic output spans several subfields including artificial intelligence, philosophy, general decision sciences, history and philosophy of science, and computational theory and mathematics.

The researcher's work prominently addresses topics such as logic, reasoning, and knowledge; Bayesian modeling and causal inference; epistemology, ethics, and metaphysics; decision-making and behavioral economics; cognitive science and mapping; philosophy and history of science; and advanced algebra and logic.

David E. Over has published multiple papers in notable venues. Selected recent publications include:

  • "Probabilities of conditionals and previsions of iterated conditionals" (2020) in the International Journal of Approximate Reasoning
  • "The new paradigm and massive modalization: Commentary on Knauff and Gazzo Castañeda (2023)" (2021) in Thinking & Reasoning
  • "What is required for the truth of a general conditional?" (2022) in Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology
  • "Dual process theory 2.0" (2020) in Thinking & Reasoning
  • "On trivalent logics, probabilistic weak deduction theorems, and a general import-export principle" (2024) in Artificial Intelligence

The researcher has collaborated frequently with colleagues such as Giuseppe Sanfilippo, Angelo Gilio, Niki Pfeifer, Nicole Cruz, and Stefan Kaufmann.

David E. Over has also authored books published by Cambridge University Press and Palgrave Studies in Pragmatics, Language and Cognition. Noteworthy book publications include "Human Reasoning" (2024), published by Cambridge University Press, and "Conditionals" (2023), published by Palgrave.

Best Publications

  • Rationality and reasoning

    Jonathon St. B.T. Evans;David E. Over

  • Conditionals and conditional probability.

    Jonathan S t B T Evans;Simon J Handley;David E Over

  • Social roles and utilities in reasoning with deontic conditionals.

    K.I. Manktelow;D.E. Over

  • Frequency illusions and other fallacies

    Steven A. Sloman;David Over;Lila Slovak;Jeffrey M. Stibel

  • The probability of causal conditionals.

    David E. Over;Constantinos Hadjichristidis;Jonathan St. B.T. Evans;Simon J. Handley

  • Normal and abnormal reasoning in people with delusions.

    R. E. J. Dudley;C. H. John;A. W. Young;D. E. Over

  • DEDUCTION FROM UNCERTAIN PREMISES

    Rosemary J. Stevenson;David E. Over

  • Frequency versus probability formats in statistical word problems.

    Jonathan St.B.T Evans;Simon J Handley;Nick Perham;David E Over

  • Reasoning, decision making and rationality

    Jonathan St. B. T. Evans;David E. Over;Ken I. Manktelow

  • Rationality in the selection task: Epistemic utility versus uncertainty reduction.

    Jonathan St. B. T. Evans;David E. Over

  • New paradigm psychology of reasoning

    David E. Over

  • The effect of self-referent material on the reasoning of people with delusions.

    R. E. J. Dudley;C. H. John;A.W. Young;D. E. Over

  • Suppositions, extensionality, and conditionals: a critique of the mental model theory of Johnson-Laird And Byrne (2002).

    Jonathan St. B. T. Evans;David E. Over;Simon J. Handley

  • Rationality and the Normative/Descriptive Distinction

    David Over

  • The influence of cognitive ability and instructional set on causal conditional inference.

    Jonathan St. B. T. Evans;Simon J. Handley;Helen Neilens;David Over

  • Thinking about conditionals: A study of individual differences

    Jonathan St. B. T. Evans;Simon J. Handley;Helen Neilens;David E. Over

  • Rationality: Psychological and Philosophical Perspectives

    K. I. Manktelow;D. E. Over

  • Reasoning and Rationality

    K. Manktelow;David E. Over

  • The probability of conditionals: The psychological evidence

    David E. Over;Jonathan St B.T. Evans

  • People with delusions jump to conclusions: A theoretical account of research findings on the reasoning of people with delusions

    R. E. J. Dudley;D. E. Over

Frequent Co-Authors

Jonathan St. B. T. Evans
Jonathan St. B. T. Evans Plymouth University
Simon J. Handley
Simon J. Handley Macquarie University
Mike Oaksford
Mike Oaksford Birkbeck, University of London
Valerie A. Thompson
Valerie A. Thompson University of Saskatchewan
Steven A. Sloman
Steven A. Sloman Brown University
David W. Green
David W. Green University College London
Igor Douven
Igor Douven Sorbonne University
Andrew W. Young
Andrew W. Young University of York
Emmanuel M. Pothos
Emmanuel M. Pothos City, University of London
Jane Oakhill
Jane Oakhill University of Sussex

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