The enigma of reason : a new theory of human understanding /: a new theory of human understanding. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Hugo Mercier and Dan Sperber.
• Authors: Mercier, Hugo; Sperber, Dan
• Contents: 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.
• Publisher Details: London : Allen Lane, an imprint of Penguin Books
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (vi, 396 pages), black and white illustrations
• Subjects: 121/.3; Reason; Reason -- Social aspects; Comprehension; Psychological Phenomena and Processes; Mental Processes; Reason; Reason -- Social aspects; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781846145582; 1846145589
• Related ISBNs: 1846145570; 9781846145575
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.