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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Keith Stenning (, Human Communication Research Centre, University of Edinburgh)Publisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.533kg ISBN: 9780198507741ISBN 10: 0198507747 Pages: 308 Publication Date: 22 August 2002 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of Contents1: Introduction 2: Language, diagram and system 3: Hyperproof: industrial strength logic teaching 4: Euler and the syllogism: back to the age of reason 5: Why do we have to learn logic? A paradox resolved 6: Interpretation, reasoning, and communication 7: Cards and dice: assessing evidence and understanding experimenters 8: The proof of a power station is in the...diagrams and equations for practitioners 9: Involvement and detachment in learning to communicate 10: Bloor, Lakatos and the sociology of diagrams 11: Conclusions for practice 12: Conclusions for theoryReviewsIn addressing the association between mental functioning and external representation, Seeing Reason should, I believe, be commended for its success not only in progressing a theoretical synthesis relating to the topic of reasoning and representation, but in simultaneously tackling head-on various complex issues relating to the learning of reasoning skills. It is rare to find contemporary analyses of human reasoning that attempt to cover both sides of the theory-practice divide, let alone that endeavour to build a bridge between them ... Seeing Reason is erudite (with an appropriate smattering of wit) and is a good example of some of the best published work in contemporary cognitive science. It is the kind of book that should serve to inspire new researchers embarking on the study of deductive reasoning. The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 57A In addressing the association between mental functioning and external representation, Seeing Reason should, I believe, be commended for its success not only in progressing a theoretical synthesis relating to the topic of reasoning and representation, but in simultaneously tackling head-on various complex issues relating to the learning of reasoning skills. It is rare to find contemporary analyses of human reasoning that attempt to cover both sides of the theory-practice divide, let alone that endeavour to build a bridge between them ... Seeing Reason is erudite (with an appropriate smattering of wit) and is a good example of some of the best published work in contemporary cognitive science. It is the kind of book that should serve to inspire new researchers embarking on the study of deductive reasoning. The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 57A Author InformationPsychology and philosophy at Oxford. PhD at Rockefeller University in New York. Taught at Liverpool University before moving to Edinburgh to the Center for Cognitive Science in 1983. Now Director of the Human Communication Research Centre. ESRC Senior Research Fellow 1999-2002 Chariman-elect of Cognitive Science Society 2002-2003 Research interests are in the cognitive science of human reasoning and communication, especially thelearning of reasoning and communication skills. What is the relation between logical foundations and empirical psychology of human representation adn reasoning capacities? How can cognitive and social accounts of human reasoning and communication be integrated? Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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