Inductive Reasoning: Experimental, Developmental, and Computational Approaches - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521856485 ISBN 13: 9780521856485

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2007

Synopsis

Without inductive reasoning, we couldn't generalize from one instance to another, derive scientific hypotheses, or predict that the sun will rise again tomorrow morning. Despite the widespread nature of inductive reasoning, books on this topic are rare. Indeed, this is the first book on the psychology of inductive reasoning in twenty years. The chapters survey recent advances in the study of inductive reasoning and address questions about how it develops, the role of knowledge in induction, how best to model people's reasoning, and how induction relates to other forms of thinking. Written by experts in philosophy, developmental science, cognitive psychology, and computational modeling, the contributions here will be of interest to a general cognitive science audience as well as to those with a more specialized interest in the study of thinking.

About this title

Book Description:

Despite the widespread nature of inductive reasoning, books on this topic are rare. Indeed, this is the first book on the psychology of inductive reasoning in twenty years. The interdisciplinary approach makes it relevant to those interested in psychology (including cognitive and developmental psychology), decision-making philosophy, computer science, and education.

About the Author:

Aidan Feeney is Senior Lecturer in Psychology at Durham University. He received his B.A. in Psychology from Trinity College, Dublin in 1992 and completed his Ph.D. in the Centre for Thinking and Language at the University of Plymouth. He was appointed Lecturer in the Department of Psychology at Durham University in 1998 where he became Senior Lecturer in 2005. Dr Feeney's research has been supported by a number of grants from the Economic and Social Research Council (UK). He has published approximately twenty journal articles, book chapters, and papers on the psychology of hypothesis testing and reasoning. He has published articles in Thinking and Reasoning, Memory and Cognition, Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, British Journal of Psychology, Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, and Applied Cognitive Psychology.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0521856485
• ISBN 13: 9780521856485
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 374
• Editor: Feeney Aidan, Heit Evan