Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society

The investigation of reasoning involves the study of what is rational as well as the empirical study of human reasoning. We are interested in rational answers to reasoning problems but also in the way human reasoning works. While the first aspect is typically covered by logic or formal epistemology, the second is a matter of empirical psychological research. However, many approaches relate both aspects. This paper discusses these hybrid approaches, their motivation, general criticism that has been raised against them as well as the kind of philosophical commitment behind choosing such kind of framework.