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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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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Autres auteurs: Adler, Jonathan Eric, 1948-, Rips, Lance J.
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Cambridge, UK : Cambridge University Press, 2008.
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Table des matières:
  • Part I. Foundations of Reasoning
  • Some philosophical viewpoints
  • Fallacies and rationality
  • Part II. Modes of Reasoning
  • Deductive reasoning
  • Induction
  • Dual and integrative approaches
  • Abduction and belief change
  • Causal and counterfactual reasoning
  • Argumentation
  • Part III. Interactions of Reasoning in Human Thought
  • Reasoning and pragmatics
  • Domain-specific, goal-based, and evolutionary approaches
  • Reasoning across cultures
  • Biology, emotions, and reasoning.