The Psychology of Thinking

Neil Bolton

Acknowledgements. Introduction Part 1: The Development of Logical Thinking 1. Logic and Psychology 2. The Developmental Theory of Jean Piaget 3. Cognitive Competence and Performance Part 2: Concept Formation 4. The Theory of Abstraction 5. Concept Shifts Part 3: Thinking – Human and Mechanical 6. Reasoning and Problem-Solving 7. Computer Simulation of Thought Processes Part 4: Personal Knowledge 8. Creative Thinking 9. Language and Thought 10. The Phenomenology of Thinking. References. Name Index. General Index