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Psychology of reasoning : theoretical and historical perspectives

Author: K I Manktelow; Man Cheung Chung
Publisher: New York : Psychology Press, 2004.
Edition/Format:   Book : English : 1st edView all editions and formats
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"Psychology of Reasoning 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 the empirical data, but also with the ideas and concepts underpinning the psychology of  Read more...
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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: K I Manktelow; Man Cheung Chung
ISBN: 1841693103 9781841693101
OCLC Number: 123344263
Description: x, 382 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents: K.I. Manktelow, M.C.Chung, The Contextual Character of Thought: Integrating Themes from the Histories and Theories of the Study of Reasoning. M.E. Doherty, R.D. Tweney, Reasoning and Task Environments: The Brunswikian Approach. N. Chater, Rationality, Rational Analysis and Human Reasoning. D. Over, The Psychology of Conditionals. D.P. O'Brien, A. Roazzi, M.G. Dias, J.B. Cantor, P.J. Brooks, 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's Selection Task. K.Stenning, M. van Lambalgen, The Natural History of Hypotheses About the Selection Task: Towards a Philosophy of Science for Investigating Human Reasoning. K.I. Manktelow, Reasoning and Rationality: The Pure and the Practical. P.N. Johnson-Laird, The History of Mental Models. G.Politzer, Some precursors of Current Theories of Syllogistic Reasoning. J. St B T Evans, History of the dual process theory of reasoning. D.W. Green, Coherence and Argumentation. A.M. Colman, Reasoning about Strategic Interaction: Solution Concepts in Game Theory. G.L. Brase, What We Reason About and Why: How Evolution Explains Reasoning. F.H. Poletiek, The Proof of the Pudding is in the Eating: Translating Popper's Philosophy into a Model for Testing Behaviour. S. Lovie, Constructing Science.
Responsibility: edited by Ken Manktelow and Man Cheung Chung.
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Exploring the historical, philosophical and theoretical implications of the development of the psychology of reasoning, this text takes the unusual approach of engaging not only with empirical data  Read more...

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