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This Book Addresses An Apparent Paradox In The Psychology Of Thinking. On The One Hand, Human Beings Are A Highly Successful Species; On The Other, Intelligent Adults Are Known To Exhibit Numerous Errors And Biases In Laboratory Studies Of Reasoning And Decision Making. There Has Been Much Debate Among Both Philosophers And Psychologists About The Implications Of Such Studies For Human Rationality. The Authors Argue That This Debate Is Marked By A Confusion Between Two Distinct Notions: (a) Personal Rationality (rationality[subscript 1]) The Degree To Which People Reliably Achieve Their Individual Goals, And (b) Impersonal Rationality (rationality[subscript 2]) The Degree To Which People Perform Inferences Or Act For Reasons Sanctioned By Some Abstract Normative Standard, Like Formal Logic Or Probability Theory. Evans And Over Argue That People Have A High Degree Of Rationality[subscript 1] But Only A Limited Capacity For Rationality[subscript 2].^ The Book Reinterprets The Psychological Literature On Reasoning And Decision Making, Showing That Many Normative Errors, By Abstract Standards, Reflect The Operation Of Processes That Would Normally Help To Achieve Ordinary Goals. Topics

Author

Jonathon St. B.T. Evans; David E. Over

Publisher

Hove, East Sussex, Uk : Psychology Press, C1996.

Published

1996

Language

EN

ISBN

9781135472313

Subjects

Psychology, Philosophy, Social_sciences