Logical Skills

Social-Historical Perspectives

Inbunden, Engelska, 2021

AvJulie Brumberg-Chaumont,Claude Rosental

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This contributed volume explores the ways logical skills have been perceived over the course of history. The authors approach the topic from the lenses of philosophy, anthropology, sociology, and history to examine two opposing perceptions of logic: the first as an innate human ability and the second as a skill that can be learned and mastered. Chapters focus on the social and political dynamics of the use of logic throughout history, utilizing case studies and critical analyses.Specific topics covered include:the rise of logical skillsproblems concerning medieval notions of idiocy and rationalitydecolonizing natural logicnatural logic and the course of timeLogical Skills: Social-Historical Perspectives will appeal to undergraduate and graduate students, as well as researchers in the fields of history, sociology, philosophy, and logic. Psychology and colonial studies scholars will also find this volume to be of particular interest.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2021-03-31
Mått155 x 235 x 16 mm
Vikt442 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieStudies in Universal Logic
Antal sidor172
Upplaga21001
FörlagSpringer Nature Switzerland AG
ISBN9783030584450

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Introduction.- Part I. “Primitives” and Civilized Men.- Decolonizing “Natural Logic”.- Natural Logic, Anthropological Antilogies, and Savage Thought in the 19th Century.- Referring to Logical Skills to Assess the Rationality of an Ethnic Group: The Zande Case in the History of the Social Sciences.- “Some Stages of Logical Thought”: From Native Certainties to Acquired Doubts.- Part II. Educated and Disabled Men.- The Rise of Logical Skills and the 13th Century Origins of the “Logical Man”.- Anti-dialecticians in the Middle Ages: Historiographic Myth or Reality?.- Illogical Thinking: Problems Concerning Medieval Notions of “Idiocy” and “Rationality”.- Natural Logic and the Course of Time: From Theology to Developmental Psychology.- Index.

“History remains important within postcolonial STS. The Postcolonial Science and Technology Studies Reader (Harding, 2011), for example has numerous contributions by historians … . Logical skills shows that, to better understand the shared insights of postcolonial STS and STS itself, the sociological study of history is a fruitful approach.” (Maria Amuchastegui, Science & Technology Studies, Vol. 35 (3), 2022)