The enigma of reason:
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 worki...
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| Zusammenfassung: | 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.... |
| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Beschreibung: | vi, 396 Seiten Illustrationen |
| ISBN: | 9780674368309 |
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THE ENIGMA OF REASON
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TABLE OF CONTENTS / INHALTSVERZEICHNIS
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
DIESES SCHRIFTSTUECK WURDE MASCHINELL ERZEUGT. |
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