The Psychology of Proof: Deductive Reasoning in Human Thinking

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MIT Press, 1994 - Philosophy - 449 pages

Lance Rips describes a unified theory of natural deductive reasoning and fashions a working model of deduction, with strong experimental support, that is capable of playing a central role in mental life.

 

Contents

3
34
The Place of Logic in a Theory of Reasoning
58
4
103
5
142
Variables in Reasoning
185
Reasoning with Variables
227
The Role of Deduction in Thought
269
Ruleless Systems
339
Perspectives on Reasoning Ability
377
Notes
401
References
419
Index
437
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Lance J. Rips is Professor of Psychology at Northwestern University.

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