Reasoning and Thinking

This textbook gathers the main research areas on reasoning into one account, taking in deductive and inductive reasoning, the testing of hypotheses, judgements of probability and decision making. Each area is set out alongside the chief theoretical arguments that have been made about it.

One chapter turns to the question of whether people are rational, a debate the book places among the most energetic in the field. That chapter draws the earlier material together. The book is written for undergraduates in psychology and cognitive science, and for instructors who want a single text to structure a course on thinking.

Published by Psychology Press. ISBN-13: 9780863777080.