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Author Stanovich, Keith E

Title Who Is Rational? : Studies of Individual Differences in Reasoning
Published Hoboken : Taylor & Francis Ltd., 1999

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Description 1 online resource (284 pages)
Contents Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1 Conceptualizing Rationality: Some Preliminaries; 2 Performance Errors and Computational Limitations; 3 The Inappropriate Norm Argument; 4 The Problem of Rational Task Construal; 5 Dual-Process Theories and Evolutionary Adaptation Versus Normative Rationality; 6 Thinking Dispositions and Decontextualized Reasoning; 7 The Fundamental Computational Bias; 8 Has Human Irrationality Been Empirically Demonstrated?; References; Author Index; Subject Index
Summary Integrating a decade-long program of empirical research with current cognitive theory, this book demonstrates that psychological research has profound implications for current debates about what it means to be rational. The author brings new evidence to b
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ISBN 9781410603432
1410603431