The enigma of reason
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The enigma of reason
Harvard University Press, 2017
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Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [357]-382) and index
Contents of Works
- Introduction: A double enigma
- Part I. Shaking dogma: Reason on trial
- Psychologists' travails
- Part II. Understanding inference: From unconscious inferences to intuitions
- Modularity
- Cognitive opportunism
- Metarepresentations
- Part III. Rethinking reason: How we use reasons
- Could reason be a module?
- Reasoning : intuition and reflection
- Reason : what is it for?
- Part IV. What reason can and cannot do
- Why is reasoning biased?
- Quality control : how we evaluate arguments
- The dark side of reason
- A reason for everything
- The bright side of reasoning
- Part V. Reason in the wild: Is human reason universal?
- Reasoning about moral and political topics
- Solitary geniuses?
- Conclusion: In praise of reason after all
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Description
If reason is so useful and reliable, why didn't it evolve in other animals and why do humans produce so much thoroughly reasoned nonsense? Hugo Mercier and Dan Sperber argue that reason is not geared to solitary use. It evolved to help justify our beliefs to others, evaluate their arguments, and better exploit our uniquely rich social environment.
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