Projektdatenbank (ab 2004)

Projektnummer

N000637

Zusammenfassung

Causation is a central concept in human experience. For example, our experience that autumn's rainy weather depresses our mood or see that cold wind caused our skin to turn red. The concept of causation is studied in many different disciplines among them philosophy, linguistics and cognitive psychology. Philosophical accounts of causation have strongly influenced theoretical models in linguistics and psychology. But there is hardly any joint research of psychologists and linguists on causation. This project, the scientists are aim to bridge this gap and investigate people's notions of ...