Reflections on Reasoning

First published in 1986. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Autorentext

Raymond S. Nickerson is a Senior Vice President of BBN Laboratories in Cambridge, MA. He has conducted extensive research on human perception, memory and cognition. Dr. Nickerson is a fellow of the American Psychological Association and a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Educational Research Association, the Human Factors Society, and the Psychonomics Society. He has served on the editorial boards of the Journal of Experimental Psychology and Acta Psychologica. A past president of the Massachusetts Association for Retarded Citizens, Dr. Nickerson has also served on the Massachusetts Developmental Disabilities Council and the AAAS/NSF Advisory Committee on Technology and the Handicapped.

Klappentext

First published in 1986. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Zusammenfassung
First published in 1987. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Inhalt

Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Reasoning in Perspective; Chapter 3 Beliefs; Chapter 4 Assertions; Chapter 5 Arguments; Chapter 6 Stratagems; Chapter 7 Some Common Reasoning Fallacies; Chapter 8 Conclusion;