0
Your cart

Your cart is empty

Browse All Departments
  • All Departments
Price
  • R1,000 - R2,500 (2)
  • -
Status
Brand

Showing 1 - 2 of 2 matches in All Departments

How We Reason (Hardcover): Philip Johnson-Laird How We Reason (Hardcover)
Philip Johnson-Laird
R2,390 Discovery Miles 23 900 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Good reasoning can lead to success; bad reasoning can lead to catastrophe. Yet, it's not obvious how we reason, and why we make mistakes - so much of our mental life goes on outside our awareness. In recent years huge strides have been made into developing a scientific understanding of reasoning. This new book by one of the pioneers of the field, Philip Johnson-Laird, looks at the mental processes that underlie our reasoning. It provides the most accessible account yet of the science of reasoning. We can all reason from our childhood onwards - but how? 'How we reason' outlines a bold approach to understanding reasoning. According to this approach, we don't rely on the laws of logic or probability - we reason by thinking about what's possible, we reason by seeing what is common to the possibilities. As the book shows, this approach can answer many of the questions about how we reason, and what causes mistakes in our reasoning that can lead to disasters such as Chernobyl. It shows why our irrational fears may become psychological illnesses, why terrorists develop 'crazy' ideologies, and how we can act in order to improve our reasoning. The book ends by looking at the role of reasoning in three extraordinary case histories: the Wright brothers' use of analogies in inventing their flyer, the cryptanalysts' deductions in breaking the German's Enigma code in World War II, and Dr. John Snow's inductive reasoning in discovering how cholera spread from one person to another. Accessible, stimulating, and controversial, How we Reason presents a bold new approach to understanding one of the most intriguing facets of being human.

How We Reason (Paperback): Philip Johnson-Laird How We Reason (Paperback)
Philip Johnson-Laird
R1,773 Discovery Miles 17 730 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Good reasoning can lead to success; bad reasoning can lead to catastrophe. Yet, it's not obvious how we reason, and why we make mistakes - so much of our mental life goes on outside our awareness. In recent years huge strides have been made into developing a scientific understanding of reasoning. This book by one of the pioneers of the field, Philip Johnson-Laird, looks at the mental processes that underlie our reasoning. It provides the most accessible account yet of the science of reasoning.
We can all reason from our childhood onwards - but how? 'How We Reason' outlines a bold approach to understanding reasoning. According to this approach, we don't rely on the laws of logic or probability - we reason by thinking about what's possible, we reason by seeing what is common to the possibilities. As the book shows, this approach can answer many of the questions about how we reason, and what causes mistakes in our reasoning that can lead to disasters such as Chernobyl. It shows why our irrational fears may become psychological illnesses, why terrorists develop 'crazy' ideologies, and how we can act in order to improve our reasoning. The book ends by looking at the role of reasoning in three extraordinary case histories: the Wright brothers' use of analogies in inventing their flyer, the cryptanalysts' deductions in breaking the German's Enigma code in World War II, and Dr. John Snow's inductive reasoning in discovering how cholera spread from one person to another.
Accessible, stimulating, and controversial, How we Reason presents a bold new approach to understanding one of the most intriguing facets of being human.

Free Delivery
Pinterest Twitter Facebook Google+
You may like...
Emperor Penguin (Young Zoologist) - A…
Neon Squid, Michelle LaRue Hardcover R99 R90 Discovery Miles 900
Let's Look for Woodland Wildlife
Caz Buckingham, Andrea Pinnington Paperback R154 R137 Discovery Miles 1 370
The Little Book of the Dawn Chorus
Caz Buckingham, Andrea Pinnington Board book  (1)
R474 R435 Discovery Miles 4 350
There's No Deer Around Here
Andy Hussey Paperback R264 Discovery Miles 2 640
Riemannian Geometry In An Orthogonal…
Vladislav V. Goldberg Hardcover R2,496 Discovery Miles 24 960
Kids' Spiders of Southern Africa
Rudi Steenkamp Paperback R190 R165 Discovery Miles 1 650
Search the Rain Forest, Find the Animals
Nancy Coffelt Hardcover R381 Discovery Miles 3 810
Modern Geometry- Methods and…
R.G. Burns Hardcover R2,380 Discovery Miles 23 800
The Little Book of Woodland Bird Songs
Caz Buckingham, Andrea Pinnington Board book  (1)
R468 R376 Discovery Miles 3 760
Faansie Se Voelboek 2 - 'n Volledige…
Faansie Peacock Paperback R520 R480 Discovery Miles 4 800

 

Partners