عنوان

The nature of reasoning /

(Number (ISBN

0521009286 (pbk.)

(Number (ISBN

0521810906

(Number (ISBN

9780521009287 (pbk.)

(Number (ISBN

9780521810906

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b527984

Title Proper

The nature of reasoning /

General Material Designation

[Book]

First Statement of Responsibility

edited by Jacqueline P. Leighton, Robert J. Sternberg

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

New York :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Cambridge University Press,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2004

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

x, 470 pages :

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illustrations ;

Dimensions

24 cm

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Text of Note

We are bombarded with information - press releases, television news, Internet websites, and office memos, just to name a few - on a daily basis. However, the important conclusions that may or need to be inferred from such information are typically not provided. We must draw the conclusions by ourselves. How do we draw these conclusions? This book addresses how we reason to reach sensible conclusions. The purpose of this book is to organize in one volume what is known about reasoning, such as its structural prerequisites, its mechanisms, its susceptibility to pragmatic influences, its pitfalls, and the bases for its development. Given that reasoning underlies so many of our intellectual activities - when we learn, criticize, analyze, judge, infer, evaluate, optimize, apply, discover, imagine, devise, and create - we stand to gain a great deal if we can learn to define, operate, apply, and nurture our reasoning

International Standard Book Number

0521810906

Reasoning (Psychology)

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Edition

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Leighton, Jacqueline P

Sternberg, Robert J

Date of Transaction

20160712072247.0

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