DANCEST 805 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Formal Fallacy, Analytic Reasoning, Modus Tollens
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Complex cognition task 4: emotional tail wags the rational dog. 3 ) w h a t a re t h e di f f e re nt t h e ori e s o n. Involves making generalized conclusion from premises referring to a particular instance. Involves drawing conclusions that are definitely valid provided other statements are assumed to be true. Conclusions are probably, but not necessarily, true generalization provides no certainty that premise will be true at a later time. Analogical reasoning individual tries to solve current problem by retrieving information about a similar problem that was solved in the past. Hypothesis testing there is a difference between confirmation (attempt to obtain evidence that will confirm correctness of hypothesis) and falsification (attempt to falsify hypotheses by experimental tests) Related to problem-solving deductive reasoning has a definitive goal, but solution isn"t obvious. Based on formal logic however, most people don"t use traditional logic to solve problems.
