Reasoning - Studies of Human Inference and its Foundations

This interdisciplinary work is a collection of major essays on reasoning: deductive, inductive, abductive, belief revision, defeasible (non-monotonic), cross cultural, conversational, and argumentative. They are each oriented toward contemporary empirical studies. The book focuses on foundational issues, including paradoxes, fallacies, and debates about the nature of rationality, the traditional modes of reasoning, as well as counterfactual and causal reasoning. It also includes chapters on the interface between reasoning and other forms of thought. In general, this last set of essays represents growth points in reasoning research, drawing connections to pragmatics, cross-cultural studies, emotion and evolution. Contents
Part I. Foundations of Reasoning: 1. Some philosophical viewpoints
2. Fallacies and rationality
Part II. Modes of Reasoning: 3. Deductive reasoning
4. Induction
5. Dual and integrative approaches
6. Abduction and belief revision
7. Causal and counterfactual reasoning
8. Argumentation
Part III. Interactions of Reasoning in Human Thought: 9. Reasoning and pragmatics, 10. Domain-specific, goal based, and evolutionary approaches
11. Reasoning across cultures
12. Biology, emotions, and reasoning.

Author/Editor Details
Edited by: Jonathan E. Adler, Brooklyn College, City University of New York
Edited by: Lance J. Rips, Northwestern University, Illinois