Psychology of Reasoning: Theoretical and Historical Perspectives

by Manktelow,Ken; Manktelow,Ken

• ISBN13: 9781841693101
• ISBN10: 1841693103
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-10-28
• Publisher: Psychology Pres

Summary

This collection brings together a set of specially commissioned chapters from leading international researchers in the psychology of reasoning. Its purpose is to explore the historical, philosophical and theoretical implications of the development of this field. Taking the unusual approach of engaging not only with the empirical dara, but also with the ideas and concepts underpinning the psychology of reasoning, this volume has important implications both for psychologists and other students of cognition, including philosophers. Sub-fields covered include mental logic, mental models, rational analysis, social judgment theory, game theory and evolutionary theory.

Table of Contents

List of contributors	ix
The contextual character of thought: Integrating themes from the histories and theories of the study of reasoning	1	(10)
Ken I. Manktelow
Man C. Chung
Reasoning and task environments: The Brunswikian approach	11	(32)
Michael E. Doherty
Ryan D. Tweney
Rationality, rational analysis, and human reasoning	43	(32)
Nick Chater
Mike Oaksford
The psychology of conditionals	75	(20)
David Over
Violations, lies, broken promises, and just plain mistakes: The pragmatics of counterexamples, logical semantics, and the evaluation of conditional assertions, regulations, and promises in variants of Wason's selection task	95	(32)
David P. O'Brien
Antonio Roazzi
Maria G. Dias
Joshua B. Cantor
Patricia J. Brooks
The natural history of hypotheses about the selection task: Towards a philosophy of science for investigating human reasoning	127	(30)
Keith Stenning
Michiel Van Lambai Gen
Reasoning and rationality: The pure and the practical	157	(22)
Ken I. Manktelow
The history of mental models	179	(34)
Philip N. Johnson-Laird
Some precursors of current theories of syllogistic reasoning	213	(28)
Guy Politzer
History of the dual process theory of reasoning	241	(26)
Jonathan St. B. T. Evans
Coherence and argumentation	267	(20)
David W. Green
Reasoning about strategic interaction: Solution concepts in game theory	287	(22)
Andrew M. Colman
What we reason about and why: How evolution explains reasoning	309	(24)
Gary L. Brase
The proof of the pudding is in the eating: Translating Popper's philosophy into a model for testing behaviour	333	(16)
Fenna H. Poletiek
Constructing science	349	(22)
Sandy Lovie
Author index	371	(10)
Subject index	381