1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910784164603321

Titolo

Psychology of reasoning : theoretical and historical perspectives / / edited by Ken Manktelow & Man Cheung Chung

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hove ; ; New York : , : Psychology Press, , 2004

ISBN

1-135-42568-X

1-135-42569-8

1-280-14253-7

9786610142538

0-203-50693-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (393 p.)

Classificazione

77.31

Altri autori (Persone)

ManktelowK. I. <1952->

ChungMan Cheung <1962->

Disciplina

153.4/3

Soggetti

Reasoning (Psychology)

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 index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; 1 The contextual character of thought Integrating themes from the histories and theories of the study of reasoning; 2 Reasoning and task environments The Brunswikian approach; 3 Rationality rational analysis and human reasoning; 4 The psychology of conditionals; 5 Violations lies broken promises and just plain mistakes The pragmatics of counterexamples logical semantics and the evaluation of conditional assertions regulations and promises in variants of Wason

6 The natural history of hypotheses about the selection task Towards a philosophy of science for investigating human reasoning7 Reasoning and rationality The pure and the practical; 8 The history of mental models; 9 Some precursors of current theories of syllogistic reasoning; 10 History of the dual process theory of reasoning; 11 Coherence and argumentation; 12 Reasoning about strategic interaction Solution concepts in game theory; 13 What we reason about and why How evolution explains reasoning

14 The proof of the pudding is in the eating Translating Popper's philosophy into a model for testing behaviour15 Constructing science;



Author index; Subject index

Sommario/riassunto

This collection brings together a set of specially commissioned chapters from leading international researchers in the psychology of reasoning. Its purpose is to explore the historical, philosophical and theoretical implications of the development of this field. Taking the unusual approach of engaging not only with empirical data but also with the ideas and concepts underpinning the psychology of reasoning, this volume has important implications both for psychologists and other students of cognition, including philosophers. Sub-fields covered include mental logic, mental models, rational analy

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910141261703321

Titolo

Arabian journal of mathematics

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin ; ; Heidelberg : , : Springer, , 2012-

ISSN

2193-5351

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Soggetti

Mathematics

Periodicals.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Periodico

Note generali

Refereed/Peer-reviewed