The Logical Foundations of Cognition

This important book presents seminal contributions to the emerging synthesis of logic and cognitive psychology. In collaboration with several colleagues, editors Gonzalo E. Reyes, an eminent logician, and John Macnamara, a leading cognitive and developmental psychologist, have developed a landmark semantic theory for natural languages. The theory -- which takes the form of a term logic to supplement the standard propositional logic -- has already led to the solution of some long-standing problem…