Daniel N Osherson

Logical Abilities in Children

Volume 4: Reasoning and Concepts

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Originally published in 1976, this fourth and final volume in a series that met with critical acclaim is concerned with a certain kind of answer to the question "What distinguishes the concepts that are a natural part of human languages from those that are merely expressible in language?"

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. August 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 544g
• ISBN-13: 9781138087644
• ISBN-10: 1138087645
• Artikelnr.: 69947746

Autorenporträt

Daniel N. Osherson

Inhaltsangabe

Preface. Part 1: Introduction 1. Two Leftovers from Volume 3 2. Some
Methodological Issues 3. A Deduction Model for Quantifiers Part 2:
Experimental Test of Mq, and the Question of Developmental Change 4.
Experiment 1: Test of Mq with Adolescent Subjects 5. Experiment 2: Test of
Mq with Child Subjects 6. Experiment 3: Test of the Model with Arguments
Based on Time 7. Experiment 4: Test of Mt with Child Subjects Part 3:
Explanatory Adequacy of Deduction Models 8. Explanatory Adequecy: General
Considerations 9. Proposals for a Theory of Conceptual Domains Part 4: An
Initial Test of the Theory 10. A Deduction Model for the Conceptual Domain
of Necessity and Possibility 11. A Deduction Model for the Conceptual
Domain of Obligation and Permissibility. Epilogue. Appendix Richard F.
Poppen. References. Author Index. Subject Index.