Reflections on Reasoning

by Raymond S. Nickerson

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Author: Raymond S. Nickerson

Publisher: Routledge

Paperback:
ISBN 10: 0898597633
ISBN 13: 978-0898597639

Hardcover:
ISBN 10: 0898597625
ISBN 13: 978-0898597622

First published in 1986. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

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...crafted in an elegant manner. Nickerson considers the problems people face when attempting to understand arguments. He documents some of the errors in logic and judgment that occur during the reasoning process, and he points out ways of overcoming these difficulties. All in all, the book is provocative, well-written, and provides an excellent framework for considering seminal issues in everyday reasoning.
—Nancy Stein
University of Chicago

...lively, straightforward and very practical; it is also thought provoking and intellectually solid. This book is probably the best available introduction to the implications of cognitive science for current classroom practice. Any educator unfamiliar with its contents is behind the times and sadly undereducated.
—Jack Lochhead
University of Massachusetts

Ray Nickerson has done an excellent job assembling and lucidly explaining many of the principles fundamental to reasoning and criticalthinking. His book can and should serve as a valuable resource to teachers concerned ... with emphasizing analytic reasoning and critical thinking in all subject areas at all grade levels ... I hope it is widely disseminated and read.
—Richard Paul
Sonoma State University

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