Human Reasoning

David E Over (u. a.)

ISBN 10: 1009495364 / ISBN 13: 9781009495363

Published by Cambridge University Press, 2024

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Human Reasoning | David E Over (u. a.) | Buch | Englisch | 2024 | Cambridge University Press | EAN 9781009495363 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu Print on Demand.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Human Reasoning
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1009495364
• ISBN 13: 9781009495363
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 235W x 157H x 9D millimeters 235 millimeters width by 157 millimeters height by 9 millimeters depth
• Weight: 283 grams
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Synopsis

This Element is on new developments in the psychology of reasoning that raise or address philosophical questions. In traditional studies in the psychology of reasoning, the focus was on inference from arbitrary assumptions and not at all from beliefs, and classical binary logic was presupposed as the only standard for human reasoning. But recently a new Bayesian paradigm has emerged in the discipline. This views ordinary human reasoning as mostly inferring probabilistic conclusions from degrees of beliefs, or from hypothetical premises relevant to a purpose at hand, and as often about revising or updating degrees of belief. This Element also covers new formulations of dual-process theories of the mind, stating that there are two types of mental processing, one rapid and intuitive and shared with other animals, and the other slow and reflective and more characteristic of human beings. The final topic covered is the new developments and rationality.