The enigma of reason: a new theory of human understanding
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| Abstract: | 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.-- |
| Umfang: | vi, 396 Seiten Illustrationen 24 cm |
| ISBN: | 1846145570 9781846145575 |
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| 505 | 8 | |a 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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Introduction: A Double Enigma 1
I SHAKING DOGMA 13
1 Reason on Trial 15
2 Psychologists’ Travails 34
II UNDERSTANDING INFERENCE 49
3 From Unconscious Inferences to Intuitions 5i
4 Modularity 68
5 Cognitive Opportunism 76
6 Metarepresentations 90
m RETHINKING REASON 107
7 How We Use Reasons 109
8 Could Reason Be a Module? 128
9 Reasoning: Intuition and Reflection 148
io Reason: What Is It For? 175
IV WHAT REASON CAN AND CANNOT DO 203
II Why Is Reasoning Biased? 205
12 Quality Control: How We Evaluate Arguments 222
13 The Dark Side of Reason 237
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14 A Reason for Everything 251
15 The Bright Side of Reason 262
Y REASON IN THE WILD 275
16 Is Human Reason Universal? 277
17 Reasoning about Moral and Political Topics 299
18 Solitary Geniuses? 315
Conclusion: In Praise of Reason after All 328
Notes 337
References 357
Acknowledgments 3%
Illustration Credits 385
Index 387
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