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The Resource Thinking and reasoning : a very short introduction, Jonathan St B.T. Evans

Thinking and reasoning : a very short introduction, Jonathan St B.T. Evans

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Thinking and reasoning : a very short introduction
Title
Thinking and reasoning
Title remainder
a very short introduction
Statement of responsibility
Jonathan St B.T. Evans
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Language
eng
Summary
"Our extraordinary capacity to reason and solve problems sets us aside from other animals, but our evolved thinking processes also leave us susceptible to bias and error. The study of thinking and reasoning goes back to Aristotle, and was one of the first topics to be studied when psychology separated from philosophy. In this Very Short Introduction Jonathan Evans explores cognitive psychological approaches to understanding the nature of thinking and reasoning, problem solving, and decision making. He shows how our problem solving capabilities are hugely dependent on also having the imagination to ask the right questions, and the ability to see things from a completely new perspective. Beginning by considering the approaches of the behaviorists and the Gestalt psychologists, he moves on to modern explorations of thinking, including hypothetical thinking, conditionals, deduction, rationality, and intuition. Covering the role of past learning, IQ, and cognitive biases, Evans also discusses the idea that there may be two different ways of thinking, arising from our evolutionary history."--Provided by publisher
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NLM
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1948-
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Evans, Jonathan St. B. T.
Dewey number
153.4/2
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
LC call number
BF441
LC item number
.E925 2017
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
Series statement
Very short introductions
Series volume
533
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  • Thought and thinking
  • Reasoning (Psychology)
  • Reasoning (Psychology)
  • Thought and thinking
  • PSYCHOLOGY / Cognitive Psychology & Cognition
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Thinking and reasoning : a very short introduction, Jonathan St B.T. Evans
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Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 127-129) and index
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volume
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  • nc
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rdacarrier
Content category
text
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  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Introduction and history -- Problem solving -- Thinking hypothetically -- Decision making -- Reasoning -- Are we rational? -- From dual processes to two minds
Control code
on1006485276
Dimensions
18 cm.
Edition
First edition.
Extent
134 pages
Isbn
9780198787259
Lccn
2017936443
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unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
(OCoLC)1006485276
Label
Thinking and reasoning : a very short introduction, Jonathan St B.T. Evans
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 127-129) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Introduction and history -- Problem solving -- Thinking hypothetically -- Decision making -- Reasoning -- Are we rational? -- From dual processes to two minds
Control code
on1006485276
Dimensions
18 cm.
Edition
First edition.
Extent
134 pages
Isbn
9780198787259
Lccn
2017936443
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
(OCoLC)1006485276

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