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David Over
Professor

Affiliation |
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Professor in the Department of Psychology |
Research interests
- Psychology of reasoning
Publications
Authored book
- Human ReasoningOver, D. E., & Evans, J. S. B. T. (2024). Human Reasoning. Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009495349
- IfEvans, J., & Over, D. (2004). If. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof%3Aoso/9780198525134.001.0001
- Rationality and ReasoningEvans, J. S. B., & Over, D. E. (1996). Rationality and Reasoning. Psychology Press. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203027677
Chapter in book
- Indicative and Counterfactual Conditionals in the Psychology of ReasoningOver, D. E., & Cruz, N. (2023). Indicative and Counterfactual Conditionals in the Psychology of Reasoning (S. Kaufmann, D. E. Over, & G. Sharma, Eds.; pp. 139-173). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-05682-6_6
- Independence ConditionalsCruz, N., & Over, D. E. (2023). Independence Conditionals. In S. Kaufmann, D. E. Over, & G. Sharma (Eds.), Conditionals: Logic, Linguistics and Psychology (pp. 223-233). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-05682-6_8
- The development of the new paradigm in the psychology of reasoningOver, D. E. (2020). The development of the new paradigm in the psychology of reasoning. In S. Elqayam, I. Douven, J. S. B. T. Evans, & N. Cruz (Eds.), Logic and Uncertainty in the Human Mind: A tribute to David E. Over. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315111902-15
Conference Paper
- On Independence and Compound and Iterated ConditionalsGilio, A., Over, D., Pfeifer, N., & Sanfilippo, G. (2024). On Independence and Compound and Iterated Conditionals. In J. Baratgin, B. Jacquet, & H. Yama (Eds.), Human and Artificial Rationalities: Second International Conference, HAR 2023, Paris, France, September 19–22, 2023, Proceedings (pp. 159-177). Springer Nature Switzerland. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-55245-8_11
Edited book
- Evolution and the Psychology of ThinkingOver, D. E. (Ed.). (2003). Evolution and the Psychology of Thinking. Psychology Press. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203641606
Journal Article
- On Trivalent Logics, Probabilistic Weak Deduction Theorems, and a General Import-Export PrincipleGilio, A., Over, D. E., Pfeifer, N., & Sanfilippo, G. (2024). On Trivalent Logics, Probabilistic Weak Deduction Theorems, and a General Import-Export Principle. Artificial Intelligence, 337, Article 104229. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.artint.2024.104229
- What is required for the truth of a general conditional?Wang, M., Over, D., & Liang, L. (2022). What is required for the truth of a general conditional?. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 75(11). https://doi.org/10.1177/17470218221089331
- Probabilities of conditionals and previsions of iterated conditionalsSanfilippo, G., Gilio, A., Over, D. E., & Pfeifer, N. (2020). Probabilities of conditionals and previsions of iterated conditionals. International Journal of Approximate Reasoning, 121, 150-173. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijar.2020.03.001
- The Psychology of Uncertainty and Three-Valued Truth TablesBaratgin, J., Politzer, G., Over, D. E., & Takahashi, T. (2018). The Psychology of Uncertainty and Three-Valued Truth Tables. Frontiers in Psychology, 9, Article 1479. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01479
- Understanding Conditionals in the East: A Replication Study of Politzer et al. (2010) With EasternersNakamura, H., Shao, J., Baratgin, J., Over, D. E., Takahashi, T., & Yama, H. (2018). Understanding Conditionals in the East: A Replication Study of Politzer et al. (2010) With Easterners. Frontiers in Psychology, 9, Article 505. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00505
- Probabilistic inferences from conjoined to iterated conditionalsSanfilippo, G., Pfeifer, N., Over, D., & Gilio, A. (2018). Probabilistic inferences from conjoined to iterated conditionals. International Journal of Approximate Reasoning, 93. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijar.2017.10.027
- Utilitarian Moral Judgment Exclusively Coheres with Inference from Is to OughtElqayam, S., Wilkinson, M. R., Thompson, V. A., Over, D. E., & Evans, J. S. B. (2017). Utilitarian Moral Judgment Exclusively Coheres with Inference from Is to Ought. Frontiers in Psychology, 8, Article 1042. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01042
- Uncertain deduction and conditional reasoningEvans, J. S. B., Thompson, V., & Over, D. (2015). Uncertain deduction and conditional reasoning. Frontiers in Psychology, 6, Article 398. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00398
- Bayesian reasoning with ifs and ands and orsCruz, N., Baratgin, J., Oaksford, M., & Over, D. (2015). Bayesian reasoning with ifs and ands and ors. Frontiers in Psychology, 6, Article 192. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00192
- The probability of iterated conditionalsvan Wijnbergen-Huitink, J., Elqayam, S., & Over, D. (2015). The probability of iterated conditionals. Cognitive Science, 39(4). https://doi.org/10.1111/cogs.12169
- New normative standards of conditional reasoning and the dual-source modelSingmann, H., Klauer, C., & Over, D. (2014). New normative standards of conditional reasoning and the dual-source model. Frontiers in Psychology, 5, Article 316. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00316
- Uncertainty and the de Finetti
tablesBaratgin, J., Politzer, G., & Over, D. (2013). Uncertainty and the de Finettitables. Thinking and Reasoning, 19(3-4). https://doi.org/10.1080/13546783.2013.809018
- New paradigm psychology of reasoning: An
introduction to the special issue edited by Elqayam, Bonnefon, and OverElqayam, S., & Over, D. (2013). New paradigm psychology of reasoning: Anintroduction to the special issue edited by Elqayam, Bonnefon, and Over. Thinking and Reasoning, 19(3-4). https://doi.org/10.1080/13546783.2013.841591
- Scope ambiguities and conditionalsOver, D., Douven, I., & Verbrugge, S. (2013). Scope ambiguities and conditionals. Thinking and Reasoning, 19(3-4). https://doi.org/10.1080/13546783.2013.810172
- Reasoning to and from belief:
Deduction and induction are still distinctEvans, J. S. B., & Over, D. (2013). Reasoning to and from belief:Deduction and induction are still distinct. Thinking and Reasoning, 19(3-4). https://doi.org/10.1080/13546783.2012.745450
- The psychology of inferring conditionals
from disjunctions: A probabilistic studyGilio, A., & Over, D. (2012). The psychology of inferring conditionalsfrom disjunctions: A probabilistic study. Journal of Mathematical Psychology, 56(2). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmp.2012.02.006
- New paradigm psychology of reasoningOver, D. (2009). New paradigm psychology of reasoning. Thinking and Reasoning, 15(4). https://doi.org/10.1080/13546780903266188
- The probability of causal conditionalsOver, D., Hadjichristidis, C., Evans, J., Handley, S., & Sloman, S. (2007). The probability of causal conditionals. Cognitive Psychology, 54(1), 62-97. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cogpsych.2006.05.002
- Suppositions, extensionality, and conditionals: A critique of the mental model theory of Johnson-Laird and Byrne (2002)Evans, J., Over, D., & Handley, S. (2005). Suppositions, extensionality, and conditionals: A critique of the mental model theory of Johnson-Laird and Byrne (2002). Psychological Review, 112(4), 1040-1052. https://doi.org/10.1037/0033-295x.112.4.1040
- Conditions for the acceptance of deontic conditionalsOver, D., Manktelow, K., & Hadjichristidis, C. (2004). Conditions for the acceptance of deontic conditionals. Canadian Journal Of Experimental Psychology-Revue Canadienne De Psychologie Experimentale, 58(2), 96-105.
- People with delusions jump to conclusions: A theoretical account ofresearch findings on the reasoning of people with delusionsDudley, R., & Over, D. (2003). People with delusions jump to conclusions: A theoretical account ofresearch findings on the reasoning of people with delusions. Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, 10(5), 263-274.
- The probability of conditionals: The psychological evidenceOver, D., & Evans, J. (2003). The probability of conditionals: The psychological evidence. Mind and Language, 18(4), 340-358. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-0017.00231
- Conditionals and conditional probabilityEvans, J., Handley, S., & Over, D. (2003). Conditionals and conditional probability. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 29(2), 321-335. https://doi.org/10.1037/0278-7393.29.2.321
- Background beliefs in Bayesian inferenceEvans, J., Handley, S., Over, D., & Perham, N. (2002). Background beliefs in Bayesian inference. Memory and Cognition, 30(2), 179-190.
- Frequency versus probability formats in statistical word problems.Evans, J., Handley, S., Perham, N., Over, D., & Thompson, V. (2000). Frequency versus probability formats in statistical word problems. Cognition, 77(3), 197-213. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0010-0277%2800%2900098-6
- The effect of self-referent material on the reasoning of people with delusionsDudley, R., John, C., Young, A., & Over, D. (1997). The effect of self-referent material on the reasoning of people with delusions. British Journal of Health Psychology, 36(4), 575-584. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.2044-8260.1997.tb01262.x
- Are people rational? Yes, no and sometimesEvans, J., & Over, D. (1997). Are people rational? Yes, no and sometimes. The Psychologist., 10(9), 403-406.