The Dialogical Roots of Deduction Historical, Cognitive, and Philosophical Perspectives on Reasoning
Book contents
- The Dialogical Roots of Deduction
- The Dialogical Roots of Deduction
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Preface
- Part I The Philosophy of Deduction
- Part II The History of Deduction
- Part III Deduction and Cognition
- 8 How We Reason, Individually and in Groups
- 9 The Ontogeny of Deductive Reasoning
- 10 The Phylogeny of Deductive Reasoning
- 11 A Dialogical Account of Proofs in Mathematical Practice
- Conclusions
- References
- Index
8 - How We Reason, Individually and in Groups
from Part III - Deduction and Cognition
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 December 2020
Book contents
- The Dialogical Roots of Deduction
- The Dialogical Roots of Deduction
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Preface
- Part I The Philosophy of Deduction
- Part II The History of Deduction
- Part III Deduction and Cognition
- 8 How We Reason, Individually and in Groups
- 9 The Ontogeny of Deductive Reasoning
- 10 The Phylogeny of Deductive Reasoning
- 11 A Dialogical Account of Proofs in Mathematical Practice
- Conclusions
- References
- Index
Summary
This chapter presents an overview of experimental work on deductive reasoning, which has shown that human reasoners do not seem to reason spontaneously according to the deduction canons. However, there are also experimental results suggesting that, when tackling deductive tasks in groups, performance comes much closer to the canons. These findings offer a partial vindication of the dialogical conception of deduction insofar as they show that, when given the opportunity to engage in dialogues with others, humans become better deductive reasoners.
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- The Dialogical Roots of DeductionHistorical, Cognitive, and Philosophical Perspectives on Reasoning, pp. 151 - 168Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020