How we reason / Philip N. Johnson-Laird.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Johnson-Laird, P. N. (Philip Nicholas), 1936-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Reasoning (Psychology).

Thought and thinking.

Physical Description:

x, 573 p. : ill. (some col.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.

Summary:

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 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 the science of reasoning.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

1 Introduction

Part I: The World in Our Conscious Minds

2 Icons and Images

3 Models of Possibilities: From Conjuring Tricks to Disasters

Part II: The World in Our Unconscious Minds

4 Mental Architecture and the Unconscious

5 Intuitions and Unconscious Reasoning

6 Emotions as Inferences

7 Reasoning in Psychological Illnesses

Part III: How We Make Deductions

8 Only Connections

9 I'm my own Grandpa: Reasoning About Identities and Other Relations

10 Syllogisms and Reasoning about Properties

11 Isn't Everyone an Optimist? The Case of Complex Reasoning

Part IV: How We Make Inductions

12 Modulation: A Step Towards Induction

13 Knowledge and Inductions

14 Sherlock Holmes's Method: Abduction

15 The Balance of Probabilities

Part V: What Makes us Rational

16 Counterexamples

17 Truths, Lies, and the Higher Reasoning

Part VI: How We Develop Our Ability to Reason

18 On Development

19 Strategies and Cultures

20 How We can Improve our Reasoning

Part VII: Knowledge, Beliefs, and Problems

21 The Puzzles of If

22 Causes and Obligations

23 Beliefs, Heresies, and Changes in Mind

24 How we Solve Problems

Part VIII: Expert Reasoning in Technology, Logic, and Science

25 Flying Bicycles: How the Wright Brothers Invented the Airplane

26 Unwrapping an Enigma

27 On the Mode of the Communication of Cholera

28 How we Reason

Glossary

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Notes on the Chapters

Acknowledgements

References

Name Index

G

J

K

Y

Z

Subject Index

V.

W.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [497]-544) and indexes.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9780191564215

0191564214

OCLC:

801363557