Patterns of Rationality: Recurring Inferences in Science, Social Cognition and Religious Thinking

by Tommaso Bertolotti

Book Overview

This book proposes an applied epistemological framework for investigating science, social cognition and religious thinking based on inferential patterns that recur in the different domains. It presents human rationality as a tool that allows us to make sense of our (physical or social) surroundings. It shows that the resulting cognitive activity produces a broad spectrum of outputs, such as scientific models and experimentation, gossip and social...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319177850
• ISBN13: 9783319177854
• Release Date: May 2015
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 278 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"