How we reason /
Good 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 reasonin...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2006.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | Good 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. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource : illustrations |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
ISBN: | 9780191564215 0191564214 |