The Cambridge Handbook of Thinking and Reasoning

by Keith J. Holyoak (Editor)

Written by foremost authorities from cognitive psychology, cognitive science, and cognitive neuroscience, the chapters of this reference summarize basic concepts and facts of a major topic, sketch its history, and analyze the progress its research is currently making. The volume also includes work related to developmental, social and clinical psychology, philosophy, economics, artificial intelligence, linguistics, education, law, and medicine. The Cambridge Handbook of Thinking and Reasoning comprises the first comprehensive and authoritative handbook for all core topics within the fields of thinking and reasoning.

Genres: Psychology, Philosophy, Nonfiction, Artificial Intelligence, Education

872 pages, Hardcover

First published April 18, 2005

About the author

Keith Holyoak—cognitive scientist, poet, and translator of classical Chinese poetry—grew up on a dairy farm in British Columbia, Canada. He received his B.A. from the University of British Columbia, and his Ph.D. in psychology from Stanford University. He first joined the faculty of the University of Michigan, and later the University of California, Los Angeles, where he is a Distinguished Professor of Psychology. Holyoak has published over 200 papers and books. A recipient of a John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship, he is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Reviews

[Paola]

umph, its telling me a lot of things that I know intuitively from my own observations, very analytical and opening up my mind