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    "pk": 32277,
    "title": "A Model Theory of Modal Reasoning",
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    "abstract": "This paper presents a new theory of modal reasoning, i.e. reasoning about what may or may not be the case, and what must or must not be the case. A conclusion is possible if it holds in at least one mental model, whereas it is necessary if it holds in all the models. The theory makes a crucial prediction, which we corroborated experimentally. There is a key interaction: it is easier to infer that a situation is possible as opposed to impossible, whereas it is easier to infer that a situation is not necessary as opposed to necessary.",
    "language": "eng",
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    "keywords": [],
    "section": "Long Papers",
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    "frozenauthors": [
        {
            "first_name": "Philip",
            "middle_name": "N.",
            "last_name": "Johnson-Laird",
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            "institution": "Department of Psychology, Princeton University",
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        {
            "first_name": "Victoria",
            "middle_name": "",
            "last_name": "Bell",
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            "institution": "Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, University of Michigan",
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    "date_published": "1997-01-01T18:00:00Z",
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