?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=How+to+reason+without+words%3A+inference+as+categorization&rft.creator=Vigo%2C+Professor+Ronaldo&rft.creator=Allen%2C+Colin&rft.subject=Applied+Cognitive+Psychology&rft.subject=Cognitive+Psychology&rft.subject=Comparative+Psychology&rft.subject=Artificial+Intelligence&rft.subject=Developmental+Psychology&rft.subject=Comparative+Linguistics&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Language&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Mind&rft.description=The+idea+that+reasoning+is+a+singular+accomplishment+of+the+human+species+has+an+ancient+pedigree.Yet+this+idea+remains+as+controversial+as+it+is+ancient.+Those+who+would+deny+reasoning+to+nonhuman+animals+typically+hold+a+language-based+conception+of+inference+which+places+it+beyond+the+reach+of+languageless+creatures.+Others+reject+such+an+anthropocentric+conception+of+reasoning+on+the+basis+of+similar+performance+by+humans+and+animals+in+some+reasoning+tasks%2C+such+as+transitive+inference.+Here%2C+building+on+the+modal+similarity+theory+of+Vigo+%5BJ+Exp+Theor+Artif+Intell%2C+2008+(in+press)%5D%2C+we+offer+an+account+in+which+reasoning+depends+on+a+core+suite+of+subsymbolic+processes+for+similarity+assessment%2C+discrimination%2C+and+categorization.+We+argue+that+premise-based+inference+operates+through+these+subsymbolic+processes%2C+even+in+humans.+Given+the+robust+discrimination+and+categorization+abilities+of+some+species+of+nonhuman+animals%2C+we+believe+that+they+should+also+be+regarded+as+capable+of+simple+forms+of+inference.+Finally%2C+we+explain+how+this+account+of+reasoning+applies+to+the+kinds+of+transitive+inferences+that+many+nonhuman+animals+display.&rft.publisher=Springer+&rft.date=2009&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F7958%2F1%2FVigo%2520%2526%2520Allen%2520%25282009a%2529.pdf&rft.identifier=++Vigo%2C+Professor+Ronaldo+and+Allen%2C+Colin++(2009)+How+to+reason+without+words%3A+inference+as+categorization.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F7958%2F