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.
| ISBN: | 9780521848152 |
| Publication date: | 12th May 2008 |
| Author: | Jonathan E. (Brooklyn College, City University of New York) Adler |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 1072 pages |
| Genres: |
Cognition and cognitive psychology |