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This document is a non-copyedited paper accepted for publication that argues the primary function of human reasoning is argumentative rather than to improve knowledge and decision making. It presents an argumentative theory of reasoning where reasoning evolved to help humans devise and evaluate arguments to persuade others rather than find truth. Evidence from reasoning and decision making experiments can be better explained by this theory, such as failures in standard tasks and confirmation bias occurring

Author

Carla Luján Di Biase

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EN