Johnson-Laird, Philip (Stuart Professor of Psychology, Princeton University, USA)
Omschrijving
Good reasoning can lead to success; bad reasoning can lead to catastrophe. Yet, it's not obvious how we reason, and why we make mistakes. This book by one of the pioneers of the field looks at the mental processes that underlie our reasoning. It provides the most accessible account yet of the science of reasoning. Good reasoning can lead to success; bad reasoning can lead to catastrophe. Yet, it's not obvious how we reason, and why we make mistakes. This new book by one of the pioneers of the field, Philip Johnson-Laird, looks at the mental processes that underlie our reasoning. It provides the most accessible account yet of the science of reasoning. Introduction
1(20)
Part I The World in Our Conscious Minds
Icons and Images
21(17)
Models of Possibilities: From Conjuring Tricks to Disasters
38(13)
Part II The World in Our Unconscious Minds
Mental Architecture and the Unconscious
51(9)
Intuitions and Unconscious Reasoning
60(13)
Emotions as Inferences
73(16)
Reasoning in Psychological Illnesses
89(16)
Part III How We Make Deductions
Only Connections
105(14)
I'm my own Grandpa: Reasoning About Identities and Other Relations
119(17)
Syllogisms and Reasoning about Properties
136(17)
Isn't Everyone an Optimist? The Case of Complex Reasoning
153(12)
Part IV How We Make Inductions
Modulation: A Step Towards Induction
165(9)
Knowledge and Inductions
174(11)
Sherlock Holmes's Method: Abduction
185(12)
The Balance of Probabilities
197(16)
Part V What Makes us Rational
Counterexamples
213(18)
Truths, Lies, and the Higher Reasoning
231(16)
Part VI How We Develop Our Ability to Reason
On Development
247(15)
Strategies and Cultures
262(17)
How We can Improve our Reasoning
279(16)
Part VII Knowledge, Beliefs, and Problems
The Puzzles of If
295(16)
Causes and Obligations
311(21)
Beliefs, Heresies, and Changes in Mind
332(18)
How we Solve Problems
350(19)
Part VIII Expert Reasoning in Technology, Logic, and Science
Flying Bicycles: How the Wright Brothers Invented the Airplane
369(18)
Unwrapping an Enigma
387(15)
On the Mode of the Communication of Cholera
402(12)
How we Reason
414(10)
Glossary
424(7)
Notes on the Chapters
431(63)
Acknowledgements
494(3)
References
497(48)
Name Index
545(12)
Subject Index
557
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