Thinking and Reasoning: A Very Short Introduction

by Jonathan St. B.T. Evans

Our extraordinary capacity to reason and solve problems sets us aside from other animals, but our evolved thinking processes also leave us susceptible to bias and error. The study of thinking and reasoning goes back to Aristotle, and was one of the first topics to be studied when psychology separated from philosophy.

In this Very Short Introduction Jonathan Evans explores cognitive psychological approaches to understanding the nature of thinking...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198787251
• ISBN13: 9780198787259
• Release Date: November 2017
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 4.3" x 6.8"