The Logical Foundations of Cognition (Vancouver Studies in Cognitive Science) [Paperback]

John Macnamara (Editor), Gonzalo E. Reyes (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 13, 1994 | ISBN-10: 0195092163 | ISBN-13: 978-0195092165

This important book presents seminal contributions to the emerging synthesis of logic and cognitive psychology. Logicians, who typically concern themselves with ideal reasoning processes, have rarely crossed paths with cognitive psychologists and their more empirical endeavors. With the introduction of a landmark semantic theory by Gonzalo E. Reyes, however, the fields have somewhat reconciled and together have been fruitful in shedding new light on several issues--for example, on how children may master proper names and count nouns, and thus acquire knowledge. Authored by an outstanding collection of leading theorists and researchers across disciplines, this book details the inadequacies of classical logic in its handling of ordinary language and reveals the prospects for applying a symbiosis of logic and psychology to cognitive psychology, cognitive science, linguistics, the philosophy of language, and logic itself. Both scholarly and engaging, The Logical Foundations of Cognition will be of interest to psychologists, philosophers, linguists, and computer scientists alike.

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About the Author

John Macnamara, Professor of Psychology, McGill University. Gonzalo E. Reyes, Professor of Mathematics, University of Montreal.

Product Details

• Paperback: 384 pages
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA (October 13, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0195092163
• ISBN-13: 978-0195092165
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.4 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,175,066 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)