The Developmental Origins of Logical Inference: Deduction and Domain-Generality The Harvard community has made this article openly available. Please share how this access benefits you. Your story matters Citation Mody, Shilpa. 2016. The Developmental Origins of Logical Inference: Deduction and Domain-Generality. Doctoral dissertation, Harvard University, Graduate School of Arts & Sciences. Citable link http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:33840745 Terms of Use This article was downloaded from Harvard University’s DASH repository, and is made available under the terms and conditions applicable to Other Posted Material, as set forth at http:// nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:dash.current.terms-of- use#LAA ! ! "#$!%$&$'()*$+,-'!./010+2!(3!4(105-'!6+3$/$+5$7!! %$895,0(+!-+8!%(*-0+:;$+$/-'0,<! ! =!8022$/,-,0(+!)/$2$+,$8! ><! ?#0')-!@(8<! ,(! "#$!%$)-/,*$+,!(3!A2<5#('(1<! ! 0+!)-/,0-'!39'30''*$+,!(3!,#$!/$B90/$*$+,2! 3(/!,#$!8$1/$$!(3! %(5,(/!(3!A#0'(2()#<! 0+!,#$!29>C$5,!(3! 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