“Internal” Problems of Normative Theories of Thinking and Reasoning

• Authors: Piotr Urbańczyk

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“Internal” Problems of Normative Theories of Thinking and Reasoning

• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

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This paper provides moderate criticism of so-called normative theories of thinking and reasoning. The discussion focuses on the problems of idealization, adequacy, inconsistent yet non-trivial logics, logical omniscience etc. I called them “internal” to the normative approach, because they stem from the very properties of formal systems used to model these two human activities. Some arguments, however, refer to the current theories in cognitive science, including those which are developed within “descriptive” framework.

Keywords

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normative theories of thinking and reasoning; logic; probability; theory; rational choice theory

• Publisher: Copernicus Center Press
• Journal: Zagadnienia Filozoficzne w Nauce
• Year: 2016
• Issue: 60
• Pages: 35-52

Dates

published

2016-08-22

Contributors

author

Piotr Urbańczyk