- Oxford Library of Psychology
- The Oxford Handbook of Thinking and Reasoning
- Oxford Library Of Psychology
- About the Editors
- Preface
- Contributors
- Thinking and Reasoning: A Reader's Guide
- Normative Systems: Logic, Probability, and Rational Choice
- Bayesian Inference
- Knowledge Representation
- Computational Models of Higher Cognition
- Neurocognitive Methods in Higher Cognition
- Mental Function as Genetic Expression: Emerging Insights From Cognitive Neurogenetics
- Dual-Process Theories of Deductive Reasoning: Facts and Fallacies
- Inference with Mental Models
- Similarity
- Concepts and Categories: Memory, Meaning, and Metaphysics
- Causal Learning
- Analogy and Relational Reasoning
- Explanation and Abductive Inference
- Rational Argument
- Decision Making
- Judgmental Heuristics: A Historical Overview
- Cognitive Hierarchies and Emotions in Behavioral Game Theory
- Moral Judgment
- Motivated Thinking
- Problem Solving
- On the Distinction Between Rationality and Intelligence: Implications for Understanding Individual Differences in Reasoning
- Cognition and the Creation of Ideas
- Insight
- Genius
- Development of Thinking in Children
- The Human Enigma
- New Perspectives on Language and Thought
- Thinking in Societies and Cultures
- Development of Quantitative Thinking
- Visuospatial Thinking
- Gesture in Thought
- Impact of Aging on Thinking
- The Cognitive Neuroscience of Thought Disorder in Schizophrenia
- Scientific Thinking and Reasoning
- Legal Reasoning
- Medical Reasoning and Thinking
- Thinking in Business
- Musical Thought
- Learning to Think: Cognitive Mechanisms of Knowledge Transfer
- Index
Abstract and Keywords
The psychology of reasoning was dominated by the deduction paradigm from around 1960 to 2000, in which untrained participants are asked to assess the validity of logical arguments. As evidence of logical error and content-dependent thinking amassed, the paradigm has shifted recently with more emphasis on probabilistic and pragmatic processes. This chapter is focused particularly on the dual-process theories that arose from traditional studies of deductive reasoning but that now form part of a more general set of theories of higher cognition. It is argued that the “received” view of dual-process theory, which was established around 2000, actually incorporates a number of false beliefs and fallacies, which are discussed in this chapter. While dual-process theory rightly remains the focus of much current research, it is important to understand and avoid these fallacies.
Keywords: deductive reasoning, dual-process theory, inference
Jonathan St. B. T. Evans, School of Psychology, University of Plymouth, Plymouth, UK
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- Oxford Library of Psychology
- The Oxford Handbook of Thinking and Reasoning
- Oxford Library Of Psychology
- About the Editors
- Preface
- Contributors
- Thinking and Reasoning: A Reader's Guide
- Normative Systems: Logic, Probability, and Rational Choice
- Bayesian Inference
- Knowledge Representation
- Computational Models of Higher Cognition
- Neurocognitive Methods in Higher Cognition
- Mental Function as Genetic Expression: Emerging Insights From Cognitive Neurogenetics
- Dual-Process Theories of Deductive Reasoning: Facts and Fallacies
- Inference with Mental Models
- Similarity
- Concepts and Categories: Memory, Meaning, and Metaphysics
- Causal Learning
- Analogy and Relational Reasoning
- Explanation and Abductive Inference
- Rational Argument
- Decision Making
- Judgmental Heuristics: A Historical Overview
- Cognitive Hierarchies and Emotions in Behavioral Game Theory
- Moral Judgment
- Motivated Thinking
- Problem Solving
- On the Distinction Between Rationality and Intelligence: Implications for Understanding Individual Differences in Reasoning
- Cognition and the Creation of Ideas
- Insight
- Genius
- Development of Thinking in Children
- The Human Enigma
- New Perspectives on Language and Thought
- Thinking in Societies and Cultures
- Development of Quantitative Thinking
- Visuospatial Thinking
- Gesture in Thought
- Impact of Aging on Thinking
- The Cognitive Neuroscience of Thought Disorder in Schizophrenia
- Scientific Thinking and Reasoning
- Legal Reasoning
- Medical Reasoning and Thinking
- Thinking in Business
- Musical Thought
- Learning to Think: Cognitive Mechanisms of Knowledge Transfer
- Index