The Science of Reason: A Festschrift for Jonathan St B.T. Evans (Psychology Press Festschrift Series)

This volume is a state-of-the-art survey of the psychology of reasoning, based around, and in tribute to, one of the field’s most eminent figures: Jonathan St B.T. Evans. In this collection of cutting edge research, Evans’ collaborators and colleagues review a wide range of important and developing areas of inquiry. These include biases in thinking, probabilistic and causal reasoning, people’s use of ‘if’ sentences in arguments, the dual-process theory of thought, and the nature of human rationality. These foundational issues are examined from various angles and finally integrated in a concluding panoramic chapter written by Evans himself. Contents List of figures List of tables List of contributors 1 Paradigms shift: Jonathan Evans and the science of reason • Ken Manktelow, David Over, and Shira Elqayam Part I: Thinking and reasoning: Psychological approaches 2 Solving natural syllogisms • Guy Politzer 3 Probability evaluations, expectations, and choices • Vittorio Girotto and Michel Gonzalez 4 Arguments in mind • David W. Green 5 Facilitation and analogical transfer on a hypothetico-deductive reasoning task • Cynthia S. Koenig and Richard A. Griggs Part II: If 6 Conditionals and disjunctions • Klaus Oberauer, Sonja Geiger, and Katrin Fischer 7 The truth about conditionals • Philip N. Johnson-Laird 8 Uncertain deductive reasoning • Niki Pfeifer and Gernot D. Kleiter 9 Thinking before you decide on the selection task: Matching bias requires analytical reasoning • Simon J. Handley, Stephen E. Newstead, and Helen Neilens 10 Dual processes in the development of the understanding of conditionals • Pierre Barrouillet and Caroline Gauffroy Part III: Dual processes and beyond 11 Dual-process theories of thinking • Paolo Legrenzi 12 A conjunction of fallacies: What different types of causal conjunction error reveal about dual processes for thinking • Aidan Feeney and Aimée Crisp 13 Scalar implicature: Inference, convention, and dual processes • Keith Frankish and Maria Kasmirli 14 The dynamics of reasoning: Chronometric analysis and dual-process theories • Linden J. Ball 15 Methodological and theoretical issues in belief bias: Implications for dual-process theories • Valerie A. Thompson, Stephen E. Newstead, and Nicola J. Morley 16 Dual systems and dual processes but a single function • Mike Oaksford and Nick Chater Part IV: Rationality and reasoning 17 Individual differences as essential components of heuristics and biases research • Keith E. Stanovich, Richard F. West, and Maggie E. Toplak 18 Grounded rationality: A relativist framework for normative rationality • Shira Elqayam Part V: Perspectives on thinking and reasoning 19 The psychology of reasoning: Reflections on four decades of research • Jonathan St B. T. Evans Author index Subject index This volume is a state-of-the-art survey of the psychology of reasoning, based around, and in tribute to, one of the field's most eminent figures: Jonathan St B.T. Evans. In this collection of cutting edge research, Evans'collaborators and colleagues review a wide range of important and developing areas of inquiry. These include biases in thinking, probabilistic and causal reasoning, people's use of ‘if'sentences in arguments, the dual-process theory of thought, and the nature of human rationality. These foundational issues are examined from various angles and finally integrated in a concluding panoramic chapter written by Evans himself. The eighteen chapters, all written by leading international researchers, combine state-of the-art research with investigation into the most fundamental questions surrounding human mental life, such as: What is the architecture of the human mind? Are humans rational, and what is the nature of this rationality? How do we think hypothetically? The Science of Reason offers a unique combination of breadth, depth and integrative vision, making it an indispensable resource for researchers and students of human reason.