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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450098603321

Titolo

Common sense, reasoning, & rationality [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Renée Elio

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 2002

ISBN

0-19-514767-7

1-280-53220-3

9786610532209

0-19-803368-0

1-4294-0340-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (289 p.)

Collana

New directions in cognitive science

Altri autori (Persone)

ElioRenée

Disciplina

128/.33

Soggetti

Reasoning

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""Contributors""; ""1. Issues in Commonsense Reasoning and Rationality""; ""2. Rationality and Intelligence""; ""3. The Logical Foundations of Means-End Reasoning""; ""4. Induction and Consistency""; ""5. The Logic of Ordinary Language""; ""6. Knowledge and Coherence""; ""7. The Evolutionary Roots of Intelligence and Rationality""; ""8. How Good Are Fast and Frugal Heuristics?""; ""9. Commonsense Reasoning, Logic, and Human Rationality""; ""10. Reasoning Imperialism""; ""11. Ending the Rationality Wars: How to Make Disputes about Human Rationality Disappear""; ""Name Index""

""A""""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z""; ""Subject Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""

Sommario/riassunto

While common sense and rationality have often been viewed as two distinct features in a unified cognitive map, this volume engages with this notion and comes up with novel and often paradoxical views of this relationship.