How we reason

by Johnson-Laird, P. N., (Philip Nicholas)

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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. This book looks at the mental processes that underlie our reasoning. It provides the most accessible account yet of the science of reasoning.

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Full title :How we reason / Philip N. Johnson-Laird.

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Publication Date:2006.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Oxford University Press
Place of Publication:Oxford
Language:eng
Publication Date:2006.

The Physical Object

Description:x, 573 pages : : illustrations ; : 25 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780198569763, 0198569769, 9780199551330, 0199551332, 0191564214, 9780191564215
oclc:ocm70114528
LC Classification:BF442
Dewey Decimal:153.4/3

pt. I. The world in our conscious minds. Icons and images ; Models of possibilities: from conjuring tricks to disasters. -- pt. II. The world in our unconscious minds. Mental architecture and the unconscious ; Intuitions and unconscious reasoning ; Emotions as inferences ; Reasoning in psychological illnesses. -- pt. III. How we make deductions. Only connections ; I'm my own grandpa: reasoning about identities and other relations ; Syllogisms and reasoning about properties ; Isn't everyone an optimist? The case of complex reasoning. -- pt. IV. How we make inductions. Modulation: a step towards induction ; Knowledge and inductions ; Sherlock Holmes's method: Abduction. -- The balance of probabilities.

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77.31 cognition Besluitvorming Cognitieve processen decision making Judgment Jugement Logic Logique Pensée Prise de décision Problem Solving Raisonnement (Psychologie) Reasoning (Psychology) Redeneren Résolution de problème Schlussfolgern Thinking Thought and thinking