
Handbook of Rationality
MIT Press
Published on 14. December 2021
Book
Hardback
928 pages
978-0-262-04507-0 (ISBN)
Description
"This handbook is the most authoritative and comprehensive guide through the psychology and philosophy of human rationality demonstrating the complex relationship between norms of rationality and actual human thinking"--
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge (Massachusetts)
United States
Publishing group
MIT Press Ltd
Illustrations
87
Dimensions
Height: 285 mm
Width: 218 mm
Thickness: 37 mm
Weight
2036 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-262-04507-0 (9780262045070)
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Markus Knauff | Wolfgang Spohn
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Markus Knauff is Professor of Experimental Psychology and Cognitive Science at the University of Giessen. Wolfgang Spohn is Professor Emeritus at the Philosophy Department of the University of Konstanz and Senior Professor at the University of Tübingen.
Content
Preface ix
Overview of the Handbook xi
Psychological and Philosophical Frameworks of Rationality--A Systematic Introduction 1
I Origin and Key Issues of Rationality
Section 1 Origins of Rationality
Section 2 Key Issues of Rationality
II Theoretical Rationality
Section 3 Deductive Reasoning
Section 4 Probabilistic Reasoning
Section 5 Belief Revision, Defeasible Reasoning, and Argumentation Theory
Section 6 Conditional and Counterfactual Reasoning
Section 7 Casual and Diagnostic Reasoning
III Practical Rationality
Section 8 Individual Rationality and Decision Making
Section 9 Game Theory
Section 10 Aspects of Social Rationality
Section 11 Deontic and Legal Reasoning
Section 12 Moral Thinking and Rationality
IV Facets of Rationality
Section 13 Visual and Spatial Reasoning
Section 14 Scientific Rationality
Section 15 Individual Differences, Learning, and Improvement of Rational Thinking
Contributors 807
Name Index 811
Subject Index 843
Overview of the Handbook xi
Psychological and Philosophical Frameworks of Rationality--A Systematic Introduction 1
I Origin and Key Issues of Rationality
Section 1 Origins of Rationality
Section 2 Key Issues of Rationality
II Theoretical Rationality
Section 3 Deductive Reasoning
Section 4 Probabilistic Reasoning
Section 5 Belief Revision, Defeasible Reasoning, and Argumentation Theory
Section 6 Conditional and Counterfactual Reasoning
Section 7 Casual and Diagnostic Reasoning
III Practical Rationality
Section 8 Individual Rationality and Decision Making
Section 9 Game Theory
Section 10 Aspects of Social Rationality
Section 11 Deontic and Legal Reasoning
Section 12 Moral Thinking and Rationality
IV Facets of Rationality
Section 13 Visual and Spatial Reasoning
Section 14 Scientific Rationality
Section 15 Individual Differences, Learning, and Improvement of Rational Thinking
Contributors 807
Name Index 811
Subject Index 843