Inductive reasoning: Experimental, developmental and computational approaches

Abstract

Preface Aidan Feeney and Evan Heit 1. What is induction and why study it? Evan Heit 2. The development of inductive reasoning Brett K. Hayes 3. Interpreting asymmetries of projection in children's inductive reasoning Douglas Medin and Sandra Waxman 4. Property generalization as causal reasoning Bob Rehder 5. Availability in category-based induction Patrick Shafto, John Coley and Anna Vitkin 6. From similarity to chance Sergey Blok, Daniel Osherson and Douglas Medin 7. Theory-based Bayesian models of inductive reasoning Joshua Tenenbaum, Charles Spence and Patrick Shafto 8. Use of single or multiple categories in category-based induction Gregory Murphy and Brian Ross 9. Abductive inference: From philosophical analysis to neutral mechanisms Paul Thagard 10. Mathematical induction and induction in mathematics Lance Rips and Jennifer Asmuth 11. Induction, deduction, and argument strength in human reasoning and argumentation Mike Oaksford and Ulrike Hahn 12. Individual differences, dual processes, and induction Aidan Feeney 13. Taxonomising induction Steve Sloman.

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