Inductive reasoning :: experimental, developmental, and computational approaches /

Without inductive reasoning, we couldn't generalize from one instance to another, derive scientific hypotheses, or predict that the sun will rise again tomorrow morning. Despite the widespread nature of inductive reasoning, books on this topic are rare. Indeed, this is the first book on the psy...

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Other Authors: Feeney, Aidan, 1971-, Heit, Evan, 1965-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007.
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Summary:Without inductive reasoning, we couldn't generalize from one instance to another, derive scientific hypotheses, or predict that the sun will rise again tomorrow morning. Despite the widespread nature of inductive reasoning, books on this topic are rare. Indeed, this is the first book on the psychology of inductive reasoning in twenty years. The chapters survey recent advances in the study of inductive reasoning and address questions about how it develops, the role of knowledge in induction, how best to model people's reasoning, and how induction relates to other forms of thinking. Written by experts in philosophy, developmental science, cognitive psychology, and computational modeling, the contributions here will be of interest to a general cognitive science audience as well as to those with a more specialized interest in the study of thinking.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xix, 355 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780511342844
0511342845
9780511619304
0511619308
9780511340093
0511340095

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