Deduction

by Philip N. Johnson-Laird, Ruth M. Byrne, Ruth M.J. Byrne

Book Overview

How do people make deductions? The orthodox answer to the question is that deductive reasoning depends on a mental logic containing formal rules of inference. The authors of this book have spent several years investigating the process. They repudiate the orthodox theory. They argue instead that people reason by imagining the relevant state of affairs, i.e. building an internal model of it, formulating a tentative conclusion based on this model, and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0863771491
• ISBN13: 9780863771491
• Release Date: October 1992
• Publisher: Psychology Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.