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Originally published in 1975, this volume contains original reports
of new models and data in the areas of propositional reasoning,
syllogistic reasoning, and transitive inference in children and
adults of the time. A wide range of theoretical viewpoints is
represented, and an effort is made to integrate the models and
empirical findings, as well as place them in a common perspective
and elucidate the general issues and questions relevant to these
various approaches. The study of logical reasoning was undergoing
rapid expansion at the time and this volume brings together the
latest thinking in the area, in such a way that the relation
between Piagetian and non-Piagetian traditions are examined, as
well as the connection between the study of reasoning and the area
of linguistic inquiry. The discussions of metatheoretical issues,
such as the notion of logical competence and separability of
representation and logical processing, as regards the various
models presented herein, made this volume required reading for all
those interested in reasoning in children and adults at the time.
Originally published in 1975, this volume contains original reports
of new models and data in the areas of propositional reasoning,
syllogistic reasoning, and transitive inference in children and
adults of the time. A wide range of theoretical viewpoints is
represented, and an effort is made to integrate the models and
empirical findings, as well as place them in a common perspective
and elucidate the general issues and questions relevant to these
various approaches. The study of logical reasoning was undergoing
rapid expansion at the time and this volume brings together the
latest thinking in the area, in such a way that the relation
between Piagetian and non-Piagetian traditions are examined, as
well as the connection between the study of reasoning and the area
of linguistic inquiry. The discussions of metatheoretical issues,
such as the notion of logical competence and separability of
representation and logical processing, as regards the various
models presented herein, made this volume required reading for all
those interested in reasoning in children and adults at the time.
Sylvia Scribner's research and theory have been monumental in
forming the emergent field of cultural psychology. Her studies of
reasoning and thinking in their cultural and activity contexts
added new concepts, methods, and findings to what many are now
viewing as a distinctive branch of psychological studies. She was
among the first to combine ethnographic studies with experimental
studies in order to determine relationships among indigenous
literacy and logical activities and their cognitive outcomes. Mind
and Social Practice brings together published and previously
unpublished work from Sylvia Scribner's productive and wide-ranging
career. The book is arranged chronologically and includes five
section introductions by the editors, placing Scribner's work in
the context of her life, her commitments, and the political and
intellectual events of the times. Her later, more theoretically
rich writing is enhanced by an appreciation of her earlier work.
Sylvia Scribner's research and theory have been monumental in
forming the emergent field of cultural psychology. Her studies of
reasoning and thinking in their cultural and activity contexts
added new concepts, methods, and findings to what many are now
viewing as a distinctive branch of psychological studies. She was
among the first to combine ethnographic studies with experimental
studies in order to determine relationships among indigenous
literacy and logical activities and their cognitive outcomes. Mind
and Social Practice brings together published and previously
unpublished work from Sylvia Scribner's productive and wide-ranging
career. The book is arranged chronologically and includes five
section introductions by the editors, placing Scribner's work in
the context of her life, her commitments, and the political and
intellectual events of the times. Her later, more theoretically
rich writing is enhanced by an appreciation of her earlier work.
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