A new psychology of reasoning: foundations and applications

Authors

  • Guillermo Macbeth CONICET. Universidad Nacional de Entre Ríos.
  • Eugenia Razumiejczyk CONICET. Universidad Nacional de Entre Ríos.
  • Carolina Pereyra Girardi CONICET. UBA. USAL.

Keywords:

reasoning, paradigm, foundations, applications

Abstract

It has been recently announced the creation of a New Paradigm in psychology of reasoning. The aim of this paper is to present its foundations and applications. Reflections on innovations when compared to the previous paradigm are proposed.
Three bases are considered:1)the use of a new normative logic that includes truth, falseness among other options, 2) the use of new formal resources such as subjective probability for modeling psychological phenomena, and 3) the use of the general theoretical framework of the dual
mind. It is also discussed the potential applications
of the New Paradigm. Finally, some theoretical and experimental advances are mentioned. We conclude that the New Paradigm is a creative model for research practices on deductive reasoning which can be considered as a work in progress.

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Author Biographies

Guillermo Macbeth, CONICET. Universidad Nacional de Entre Ríos.

Doctor en Psicología. Investigador Adjunto del CONICET – Argentina. Se desempeña en la Universidad Nacional de Entre Ríos, Argentina. Su producción en investigación trata sobre cognición lógica, razonamiento deductivo y toma de decisiones.

Eugenia Razumiejczyk, CONICET. Universidad Nacional de Entre Ríos.

Doctora en Psicología. Investigadora Adjunta del CONICET – Argentina. Se desempeña en la Universidad Nacional de Entre Ríos, Argentina. Su producción en investigación trata sobre memoria gustativa y efectos inter-modales.

Carolina Pereyra Girardi, CONICET. UBA. USAL.

Becaria Postdoctoral del CONICET – Argentina. Se desempeña en la Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina. Su producción en
investigación trata sobre psicocardiología y psicología cognitiva.

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Published

02/07/2019

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Macbeth, G., Razumiejczyk, E., & Pereyra Girardi, C. (2019). A new psychology of reasoning: foundations and applications. Revista De Psicología, 12(23), 39–47. Retrieved from https://erevistas.uca.edu.ar/index.php/RPSI/article/view/1535

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