Thinking and Reasoning: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)

Evans, Jonathan St B. T. Jonathan St B. T. Evans,

ISBN 10: 0198787251 / ISBN 13: 9780198787259

Published by OUP Oxford, 2017

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Thinking and Reasoning: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)
• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0198787251
• ISBN 13: 9780198787259
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Thinking is the essence of what it means to be human and defines us more than anything else as a species. Jonathan Evans explores cognitive psychological approaches to understanding the nature of thinking and reasoning, problem solving, and decision making.

About the Author

Jonathan Evans is Emeritus Professor at the School of Psychology, Plymouth University, where he was previously Professor of Cognitive Psychology. He has spent his entire career in the study of thinking and reasoning, and was involved in setting up the journal, Thinking and Reasoning (published by Taylor and Francis). He has authored a number of books, including Hypothetical Thinking (Psychology Press, 2007) and Thinking Twice (OUP, 2010), and two with the philosopher David Over, presenting a new theory of conditionals (Rationality and Reasoning, Psychology Press, 1996; If, OUP, 2004).