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A critical analysis of current theory and research in the psychological and computational sciences is presented and directed toward an elucidation of reasoning processes.

Table of Contents

Preface
Human Reasoning and Reasoning Systems
Plausible Reasoning
Abstract Rules and Reasoning
Causal Reasoning
Logical Reasoning and Belief-Bias Effects
Inductive Reasoning
Bayesian Reasoning
Syllogistic Reasoning
Commonsense Reasoning
Temporal Reasoning
Similarity-Based Reasoning
Appendix A: The n Factor Problem
Appendix B: Adaptation Knowledge
Appendix C: Plant Control Models
Bibliography
Author Index
Subject Index

About the Author

MORTON WAGMAN is Emeritus Professor of Psychology at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. He is the author of 19 books, including Problem Solving Processes in Humans and Computers (Praeger, 2001) and Historical Dictionary of Quotations in Cognitive Science (Greenwood, 2000).