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How Language Models Conflate Logical Validity with Plausibility: A Representational Analysis of Content Effects

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Main Authors:	Bertolazzi, Leonardo, Pezzelle, Sandro, Bernardi, Raffaella
Format:	Preprint
Published:	2025
Subjects:	Computation and Language
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