Common Sense, Reasoning, and Rationality

Name: Common Sense, Reasoning, and Rationality
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ISBN: 9780195147667

ISBN-10: 0195147669

ISBN-13: 9780195147667

Edition: 2001

Authors: Renee Elio

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As the eleventh volume in the New Directions in Cognitive Science series (formerly the Vancouver Studies in Cognitive Science series), this work promises superb scholarship and interdisciplinary appeal. It addresses three areas of current and varied interest: common sense, reasoning, and rationality. While common sense and rationality often have been viewed as two distinct features in a unified cognitive map, this volume offers novel, even paradoxical, views of the relationship. Comprised of outstanding essays from distinguished philosophers, it considers what constitutes human rationality, behavior, and intelligence covering diverse areas of philosophy, psychology, cognitive science, and…

Book details

List price: $215.00
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 2/7/2002
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 288
Size: 9.29" wide x 6.42" long x 0.98" tall
Weight: 1.166
Language: English



Contributors



Issues in Commonsense Reasoning and Rationality




Rationality and Intelligence




The Logical Foundations of Means-End Reasoning




Induction and Consistency




The Logic of Ordinary Language




Knowledge and Coherence




The Evolutionary Roots of Intelligence and Rationality




How Good Are Fast and Frugal Heuristics?




Commonsense Reasoning, Logic, and Human Rationality




Reasoning Imperialism




Ending the Rationality Wars: How to Make Disputes about Human Rationality Disappear



Name Index


Subject Index