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Thinking and Reasoning: A Very Short Introduction (Paperback)
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Thinking and Reasoning: A Very Short Introduction (Paperback)
Series: Very Short Introductions
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Our extraordinary capacity to reason and solve problems sets us
aside from other animals, but our evolved thinking processes also
leave us susceptibile 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 behaviourists 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. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from
Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every
subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get
ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts,
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