Reasoning: studies of human inference and its foundations

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 is...

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Other Authors: Adler, Jonathan Eric 1948- (Editor), Rips, Lance J. (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2008
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Summary: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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Physical Description:1 online resource (xiv, 1057 pages)
ISBN:9780511814273
DOI:10.1017/CBO9780511814273

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