Open Peer Commentary Dienes & Perner: Implicit and explicit knowledge
Explicit representations in hypothetical thinking
Jonathan St. B. T. Evans a1andDavid E. Over a2 a1 Centre for Thinking and Language, Department of Psychology, University of Plymouth, Plymouth, PL4 8AA, United Kingdom
j.evans@plym.ac.uk a2 School of Social and International Studies, University of Sunderland, Sunderland SRI, United Kingdom
david.over@sunderland.ac.uk
Abstract
Dienes' & Perner's proposals are discussed
in relation to the distinction between explicit and implicit systems
of thinking. Evans and Over (1996) propose that explicit processing
resources are required for hypothetical thinking, in which mental
models of possible world states are constructed. Such thinking requires
representations in which the individuals' propositional attitudes
including relevant beliefs and goals are made fully explicit.
