Seeing reason : image and language in learning to think
In an age of information glut, knowledge can be hard to come by. Full citizenship of the world requires that we learn to reason and communicate. So how do we do it? This book shares new insights into how people process information, and how we use that information to reason, make decisions, and develop theories about the world in which we live.
Print Book, English, 2002
Oxford University Pressm, New York [etc], 2002
VIII, 296 p. ; 22 cm.
9780198507734, 9780198507741, 0198507739, 0198507747
912323145
1. Introduction ; 2. Language, diagram and system ; 3. Hyperproof: industrial strength logic teaching ; 4. Euler and the syllogism: back to the age of reason ; 5. Why do we have to learn logic? A paradox resolved ; 6. Interpretation, reasoning, and communication ; 7. Cards and dice: assessing evidence and understanding experimenters ; 8. The proof of a power station is in the...diagrams and equations for practitioners ; 9. Involvement and detachment in learning to communicate ; 10. Bloor, Lakatos and the sociology of diagrams ; 11. Conclusions for practice ; 12. Conclusions for theory