The empirical study of norms is just what we are missing

This paper argues that the goals people have when reasoning determine their own norms of reasoning. A radical descriptivism which avoids norms never worked for any science; nor can it work for the psychology of reasoning. Norms as we understand them are illustrated with examples from categorical sy...

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Main Authors: Theodora eAchourioti, Andrew J B Fugard, Keith eStenning
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.01159/full