Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- List of Contributors
- Introduction: Philosophical Foundations
- PART I FOUNDATIONS OF REASONING
- PART II MODES OF REASONING
- Section 3 Deductive Reasoning
- 9 Logical Approaches to Human Deductive Reasoning
- 10 Mental Models and Deductive Reasoning
- 11 Interpretation, Representation, and Deductive Reasoning
- 12 Reasoning with Quantifiers
- 13 The Problem of Deduction
- Section 4 Induction
- Section 5 Dual and Integrative Approaches
- Section 6 Abduction and Belief Change
- Section 7 Causal and Counterfactual Reasoning
- Section 8 Argumentation
- PART II INTERACTIONS OF REASONING IN HUMAN THOUGHT
- Index
- References
12 - Reasoning with Quantifiers
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Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- List of Contributors
- Introduction: Philosophical Foundations
- PART I FOUNDATIONS OF REASONING
- PART II MODES OF REASONING
- Section 3 Deductive Reasoning
- 9 Logical Approaches to Human Deductive Reasoning
- 10 Mental Models and Deductive Reasoning
- 11 Interpretation, Representation, and Deductive Reasoning
- 12 Reasoning with Quantifiers
- 13 The Problem of Deduction
- Section 4 Induction
- Section 5 Dual and Integrative Approaches
- Section 6 Abduction and Belief Change
- Section 7 Causal and Counterfactual Reasoning
- Section 8 Argumentation
- PART II INTERACTIONS OF REASONING IN HUMAN THOUGHT
- Index
- References
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- ReasoningStudies of Human Inference and its Foundations, pp. 249 - 268Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2008
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