Rationality and the reflective mind [electronic resource] /
by Stanovich, Keith E.
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BookPublisher: New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011Description: 1 online resource.ISBN: 9780199894307 (ebook) :.Subject(s): Reasoning (Psychology) | Individual differences | Intellect | CognitionOnline resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: The author attempts to resolve the debate about how much irrationality to ascribe to human cognition. He shows how the insights of dual-process theory and evolutionary psychology can be combined to explain why humans are sometimes irrational even though they possess cognitive machinery of remarkable adaptiveness.
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The author attempts to resolve the debate about how much irrationality to ascribe to human cognition. He shows how the insights of dual-process theory and evolutionary psychology can be combined to explain why humans are sometimes irrational even though they possess cognitive machinery of remarkable adaptiveness.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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