Reasoning: Studies of Human Inference and its Foundations

Reasoning: Studies of Human Inference and its Foundations
ISBN-10
0521612748
ISBN-13
9780521612746
Series
Reasoning
Category
Psychology
Pages
1072
Language
English
Published
2008-05-05
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Authors
Jonathan E. Adler, Lance J. Rips

Description

This interdisciplinary work is a collection of major essays on reasoning: deductive, inductive, abductive, belief revision, defeasible (non-monotonic), cross cultural, conversational, and argumentative. They are each oriented toward contemporary empirical studies. The book focuses on foundational issues, including paradoxes, fallacies, and debates about the nature of rationality, the traditional modes of reasoning, as well as counterfactual and causal reasoning. It also includes chapters on the interface between reasoning and other forms of thought. In general, this last set of essays represents growth points in reasoning research, drawing connections to pragmatics, cross-cultural studies, emotion and evolution.

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