The Oxford Handbook of Causal Reasoning
Michael Waldmann
Causal reasoning is one of our most central cognitive competencies, enabling us to adapt to our world. Causal knowledge allows us to predict future events, or diagnose the causes of observed facts. We plan actions and solve problems using knowledge about cause-effect relations. Without our ability to discover and empirically test causal theories, we would not have made progress in various empirical sciences. The handbook brings together the leading researchers in the field of causal reasoning and offers state-of-the-art presentations of theories and research. It provides introductions of competing theories of causal reasoning, and discusses its role in various cognitive functions and domains. The final section presents research from neighboring fields.
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Anno:
2017
Casa editrice:
Oxford University Press
Lingua:
english
Pagine:
769
ISBN 10:
0199399557
ISBN 13:
9780199399550
Collana:
Oxford Library of Psychology
File:
PDF, 47.69 MB
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english, 2017