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By Hugo Mercier, Dan Sperber and Liam Gerrard
"The enigma of reason" was published by Harvard University Press in 2017 - mau, it has 396 pages and the language of the book is English.
“The enigma of reason” Metadata:
- Title: The enigma of reason
- Authors: Hugo MercierDan SperberLiam Gerrard
- Language: English
- Number of Pages: 396
- Publisher: Harvard University Press
- Publish Date: 2017
- Publish Location: mau
“The enigma of reason” Subjects and Themes:
- Subjects: Social aspects - Reason - Reason -- Social aspects
Edition Specifications:
- Pagination: vi, 396 pages
Edition Identifiers:
- The Open Library ID: OL27236927M - OL20056917W
- Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) ID: 959650235
- Library of Congress Control Number (LCCN): 2016050637
- ISBN-13: 9780674368309
- ISBN-10: 0674368304
- All ISBNs: 0674368304 - 9780674368309
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"The enigma of reason" Table Of Contents:
- 1- Introduction: A double enigma
- 2- Part I. Shaking dogma: Reason on trial
- 3- Psychologists' travails
- 4- Part II. Understanding inference: From unconscious inferences to intuitions
- 5- Modularity
- 6- Cognitive opportunism
- 7- Metarepresentations
- 8- Part III. Rethinking reason: How we use reasons
- 9- Could reason be a module?
- 10- Reasoning: intuition and reflection
- 11- Reason: what is it for?
- 12- Part IV. What reason can and cannot do
- 13- Why is reasoning biased?
- 14- Quality control: how we evaluate arguments
- 15- The dark side of reason
- 16- A reason for everything
- 17- The bright side of reason
- 18- Part V. Reason in the wild: Is human reason universal?
- 19- Reasoning about moral and political topics
- 20- Solitary geniuses?
- 21- Conclusion: In praise of reason after all.
"The enigma of reason" Description:
The Open Library:
Reason, we are told, is what makes us human, the source of our knowledge and wisdom. If reason is so useful, why didn't it also evolve in other animals? If reason is that reliable, why do we produce so much thoroughly reasoned nonsense? In their groundbreaking account of the evolution and workings of reason, Hugo Mercier and Dan Sperber set out to solve this double enigma. Reason, they argue with a compelling mix of real-life and experimental evidence, is not geared to solitary use, to arriving at better beliefs and decisions on our own. What reason does, rather, is help us justify our beliefs and actions to others, convince them through argumentation, and evaluate the justifications and arguments that others address to us. In other words, reason helps humans better exploit their uniquely rich social environment. This interactionist interpretation explains why reason may have evolved and how it fits with other cognitive mechanisms. It makes sense of strengths and weaknesses that have long puzzled philosophers and psychologists--why reason is biased in favor of what we already believe, why it may lead to terrible ideas and yet is indispensable to spreading good ones.--
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