Cambridge Handbook of Thinking and Reasoning

Name: Cambridge Handbook of Thinking and Reasoning
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ISBN: 9780521531016

ISBN-10: 0521531012

ISBN-13: 9780521531016

Edition: 2005

Authors: Keith J. Holyoak, Robert G. Morrison

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Written by foremost authorities from cognitive psychology, cognitive science, and cognitive neuroscience, the chapters of this reference summarize basic concepts and facts of a major topic, sketch its history, and analyze the progress its research is currently making. The volume also includes work related to developmental, social and clinical psychology, philosophy, economics, artificial intelligence, linguistics, education, law, and medicine. The Cambridge Handbook of Thinking and Reasoning comprises the first comprehensive and authoritative handbook for all core topics within the fields of thinking and reasoning.

Book details

List price: $73.99
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 4/18/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 874
Size: 7.09" wide x 9.92" long x 1.57" tall
Weight: 3.608
Language: English

Robert G. Morrison is President and Partner of Xunesis, a theatre and exhibition production company dedicated to educating the general public about scientific theory and research through creative means. He received his PhD in cognitive neuroscience from UCLA. His research involves understanding how the human brain implements higher cognition.



Preface


Contributors



Thinking and Reasoning: A Reader's Guide




The Nature of Human Concepts



Similarity




Concepts and Categories: Memory, Meaning, and Metaphysics




Approaches to Modeling Human Mental Representations: What Works, What Doesn't, and Why




Reasoning



The Problem of Induction




Analogy




Causal Learning




Deductive Reasoning




Mental Models and Thought




Visuospatial Reasoning




Judgment and Decision Making



Decision Making




A Model of Heuristic Judgment




Motivated Thinking




Problem Solving and Complex Learning



Problem Solving




Creativity




Complex Declarative Learning




Thinking as a Production System




Implicit Cognition and Thought




Cognitive and Neural Constraints on Human Thought



Thinking in Working Memory




Cognitive Neuroscience of Deductive Reasoning




Cognitive and Neuroscience Aspects of Thought Disorder




Ontogeny, Phylogeny, Language, and Culture



Development of Thinking




Mathematical Cognition




Effects of Aging on Reasoning




Reasoning and Thinking in Nonhuman Primates




Language and Thought




Paradigms of Cultural Thought




Thinking in Practice



Legal Reasoning




Scientific Thinking and Reasoning




Thinking and Reasoning in Medicine




Intelligence




Learning to Think: The Challenges of Teaching Thinking



Index