LEADER 03954nam 2200601Ia 450 001 9910452580303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-58207-4 010 $a9786613894526 010 $a0-19-156421-4 035 $a(CKB)2550000000105367 035 $a(EBL)975672 035 $a(OCoLC)801363557 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000690085 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11448046 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000690085 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10620013 035 $a(PQKB)10750518 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC975672 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL975672 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10581337 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL389452 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000105367 100 $a20060612d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aHow we reason$b[electronic resource] /$fPhilip N. Johnson-Laird 210 $aOxford ;$aNew York $cOxford University Press$d2006 215 $a1 online resource (584 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-856976-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [497]-544) and indexes. 327 $aContents; 1 Introduction; Part I: The World in Our Conscious Minds; 2 Icons and Images; 3 Models of Possibilities: From Conjuring Tricks to Disasters; Part II: The World in Our Unconscious Minds; 4 Mental Architecture and the Unconscious; 5 Intuitions and Unconscious Reasoning; 6 Emotions as Inferences; 7 Reasoning in Psychological Illnesses; Part III: How We Make Deductions; 8 Only Connections; 9 I'm my own Grandpa: Reasoning About Identities and Other Relations; 10 Syllogisms and Reasoning about Properties; 11 Isn't Everyone an Optimist? The Case of Complex Reasoning 327 $aPart IV: How We Make Inductions12 Modulation: A Step Towards Induction; 13 Knowledge and Inductions; 14 Sherlock Holmes's Method: Abduction; 15 The Balance of Probabilities; Part V: What Makes us Rational; 16 Counterexamples; 17 Truths, Lies, and the Higher Reasoning; Part VI: How We Develop Our Ability to Reason; 18 On Development; 19 Strategies and Cultures; 20 How We can Improve our Reasoning; Part VII: Knowledge, Beliefs, and Problems; 21 The Puzzles of If; 22 Causes and Obligations; 23 Beliefs, Heresies, and Changes in Mind; 24 How we Solve Problems 327 $aPart VIII: Expert Reasoning in Technology, Logic, and Science25 Flying Bicycles: How the Wright Brothers Invented the Airplane; 26 Unwrapping an Enigma; 27 On the Mode of the Communication of Cholera; 28 How we Reason; Glossary; A; B; C; D; E; F; H; I; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Notes on the Chapters; Acknowledgements; References; Name Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; 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; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W 330 $aGood reasoning can lead to success; bad reasoning can lead to catastrophe. Yet, it's not obvious how we reason, and why we make mistakes - so much of our mental life goes on outside our awareness. In recent years huge strides have been made into developing a scientific understanding of reasoning. This new book by one of the pioneers of the field, Philip Johnson-Laird, looks at the mental processes that underlie our reasoning. It provides the most accessible account yet of thescience of reasoning.We can all reason from our childhood onwards - but how? 'How we reason' outlines a bold approach to 606 $aReasoning (Psychology) 606 $aThought and thinking 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aReasoning (Psychology) 615 0$aThought and thinking. 676 $a153.4/3 700 $aJohnson-Laird$b P. N$g(Philip Nicholas),$f1936-$051178 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910452580303321 996 $aHow we reason$92297250 997 $aUNINA