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The enigma of reason : a new theory of human understanding
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| Auteurs principaux : | , |
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| Format : | Livre |
| Langue : | anglais |
| Titre complet : | The enigma of reason : a new theory of human understanding / Hugo Mercier and Dan Sperber |
| Publié : |
[London] :
Allen Lane
, 2018 Penguin Books |
| Description matérielle : | 1 vol. (VI-396 p.) |
| Sujets : |
- 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