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" The nature of reasoning / "
edited by Jacqueline P. Leighton, Robert J. Sternberg
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BL
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705795
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b527984
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The nature of reasoning /\ edited by Jacqueline P. Leighton, Robert J. Sternberg
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| Publication Statement
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Cambridge, U.K. ;New York :: Cambridge University Press,, 2004
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x, 470 pages :: illustrations ;; 24 cm
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0521009286 (pbk.)
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: 0521810906
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: 9780521009287 (pbk.)
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: 9780521810906
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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| Abstract
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We are bombarded with information - press releases, television news, Internet websites, and office memos, just to name a few - on a daily basis. However, the important conclusions that may or need to be inferred from such information are typically not provided. We must draw the conclusions by ourselves. How do we draw these conclusions? This book addresses how we reason to reach sensible conclusions. The purpose of this book is to organize in one volume what is known about reasoning, such as its structural prerequisites, its mechanisms, its susceptibility to pragmatic influences, its pitfalls, and the bases for its development. Given that reasoning underlies so many of our intellectual activities - when we learn, criticize, analyze, judge, infer, evaluate, optimize, apply, discover, imagine, devise, and create - we stand to gain a great deal if we can learn to define, operate, apply, and nurture our reasoning
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Reasoning (Psychology)
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Meningsvorming
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Redeneren
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| Dewey Classification
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153.4/3
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BF442.N38 2004
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Leighton, Jacqueline P
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Sternberg, Robert J
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