Psychology of Reasoning
Structure and Content
Published on 1. January 1972
Book
Paperback/Softback
272 pages
978-0-674-72127-2 (ISBN)
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Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge, Mass
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
New edition
Dimensions
Height: 210 mm
Width: 135 mm
Weight
317 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-674-72127-2 (9780674721272)
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Persons
Dr. Wason is Reader in Psycholinguistics at the University College London.
Content
1. Introduction 2. Negation: Basic Phenomena 3. Negation: The Emotional Factor 4. Negation: The Effect of Context 5. Denial in Propositional Reasoning 6. Fallacies in Propositional Reasoning 7. Pure and Practical Inference 8. The Deductive Component 9. Meaning and Imagery in Relational Inferences 10. Reasoning with Quantifiers: the Atmosphere Effect 11. Syllogistic Inference 12. Immediate Inferences with Quantifiers 13. Testing a Hypothesis: Error and its Correction 14. Testing a Hypothesis: Explanation 15. Testing a Hypothesis: Prevention and Structure of Error 16. The Discovery of a General Rule 17. The Understanding of Regulations 18. Pathology of Reasoning 19. Conclusion References Name Index Subject Index