One ubiquitous and important kind of thinking involves comprehending situations in terms of mental causal models and reasoning within those models. Many animals, especially humans, are naturally focused on what is causing what in the environments they live in. This concept of explanation-based reasoning is the focus of much basic research by cognitive psychologists. It is involved in many everyday reasoning achievements, and there are applications of the concept of explanation-based reasoning to understand and solve important applied problems. This talk will introduce the fruitful idea of explanation-based judgments and discuss some illustrative applications to legal and business decisions. 

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