{"product_id":"the-cognitive-basis-of-science-paperback-9780521011778","title":"The Cognitive Basis of Science (Paperback) 9780521011778","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Cognitive Basis of Science\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA volume of interdisciplinary essays addressing the question: what makes science possible?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003ePeter Carruthers (Edited by), Stephen Stich (Edited by), Michael Siegal (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521011778, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 2 May 2002\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e422 pages, 19 b\/w illus.  2 tables\u003cbr\u003e22.8 x 15.3 x 2.7 cm, 0.665 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe Cognitive Basis of Science concerns the question 'What makes science possible?' Specifically, what features of the human mind and of human culture and cognitive development permit and facilitate the conduct of science? The essays in this volume address these questions, which are inherently interdisciplinary, requiring co-operation between philosophers, psychologists, and others in the social and cognitive sciences. They concern the cognitive, social, and motivational underpinnings of scientific reasoning in children and lay persons as well as in professional scientists. The editors' introduction lays out the background to the debates, and the volume includes a consolidated bibliography that will be a valuable reference resource for all those interested in this area. The volume will be of great importance to all researchers and students interested in the philosophy or psychology of scientific reasoning, as well as those, more generally, who are interested in the nature of the human mind.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Introduction: what makes science possible? Peter Carruthers, Stephen Stich and Michael Siegal\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Science and Innateness: 2. Human evolution and the cognitive basis of science Steven Mithen\u003cbr\u003e 3. Modular and cultural factors in biological understanding: an experimental approach to the cognitive basis of science Scott Atran\u003cbr\u003e 4. The roots of scientific reasoning: infancy, modularity, and the art of tracking Peter Carruthers\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Science and Cognition: 5. Science without grammar: scientific reasoning in severe a-grammatic aphasia Rosemary Varley\u003cbr\u003e 6. Causal maps and Bayes nets: a cognitive and computational account of theory-formation Alison Gopnik and Clark Glymour\u003cbr\u003e 7. The cognitive basis of model based reasoning in science Nancy Nersessian\u003cbr\u003e 8. Understanding the role of cognition in science: the Science as Category framework Kevin Dunbar\u003cbr\u003e 9. Theorizing is important, and collateral information constrains how well it is done Barbara Koslowski and Stephanie Thompson\u003cbr\u003e 10. The influence of prior belief on scientific thinking Jonathan St B. T. Evans\u003cbr\u003e 11. Thinking about causality: pragmatic, social and scientific rationality Denis Hilton\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Science and Motivation: 12. The passionate scientist: emotion in scientific cognition Paul Thagard\u003cbr\u003e 13. Emotions and epistemic evaluations Christopher Hookway\u003cbr\u003e 14. Social psychology and the theory of science Philip Kitcher\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. Science and the Social: 15. Scientific cognition as distributed cognition Ronald Giere\u003cbr\u003e 16. The science of childhood Michael Siegal\u003cbr\u003e 17. What do children learn from testimony? Paul Harris\u003cbr\u003e 18. The baby in the lab-coat: why child development is an inadequate model for understanding the development of science Luc Faucher, Ron Mallon, Daniel Nazer, Shaun Nichols, Aaron Ruby, Stephen Stich and Jonathan Weinberg.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Philosophy of science [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Philosophy of science\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Philosophy%20of%20science%20%5BPDA%5D%22\"\u003ePDA\u003c\/a\u003e], Psychological theory \u0026amp; schools of thought [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Psychological theory \u0026amp; schools of thought\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Psychological%20theory%20\u0026amp;%20schools%20of%20thought%20%5BJMA%5D%22\"\u003eJMA\u003c\/a\u003e], Philosophy [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Philosophy\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Philosophy%20%5BHP%5D%22\"\u003eHP\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46006148759832,"sku":"9780521011778","price":37.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521011778i_4608555d-2b97-43ca-99e9-558d458a886d.jpg?v=1691376650","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-cognitive-basis-of-science-paperback-9780521011778","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}