Reasoning

Falmagne, Rachel Joffe

Originally published in 1975, the study of logical reasoning was undergoing rapid expansion and this volume brings together the latest thinking in the area, in such a way that the relation between Piagetian and non-Piagetian traditions are examined, as well as the connection between the study of reasoning and the area of linguistic inquiry. It would have been required reading for all those interested in reasoning in children and adults at the time and can be read in its historial context today.

Preface. Introduction Rachel Joffe Falmagne 1. Models of Deduction P.N. Johnson-Laird 2. Understanding Conditional Reasoning with Meaningful Propositions Herman Staudenmayer 3. Logic and Models of Logical Thinking Daniel Osherson 4. Syllogistic Reasoning: Logical Decision from a Complex Data Base Russell Revlis 5. Development of the Comprehension of Logical Quantifiers Edith D. Neimark and Robin H. Chapman 6. Recall of Classical Syllogisms: A Cross-Cultural Investigation of Error on Logical Problems Sylvia Scribner 7. Deductive Processes in Children Rachel Joffe Falmagne 8. The Representation of Linear Order and Spatial Strategies in Reasoning: A Developmental Study Tom Trabasso, Christine A. Riley and Elaine Gumer Wilson 9. Inference as a Developmental Construction James Youniss 10. Overview: Reasoning, Representation, Process and Related Issues Rachel Joffe Falmagne. Author Index. Subject Index.