Keith E Stanovich

Who Is Rational?

Studies of individual Differences in Reasoning

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This volume reviews a body of research on individual differences in thinking and reasoning and brings his conclusions to bear on the longstanding debate over whether people "are" or "are not" rational thinkers. For cognitive scientists and educators.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 312
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 1999
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 153mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 426g
• ISBN-13: 9780805824735
• ISBN-10: 0805824731
• Artikelnr.: 21752989

Autorenporträt

Keith E. Stanovich

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Preface. Conceptualizing Rationality: Some Preliminaries.
Performance Errors and Computational Limitations, With R.F. West.The
Inappropriate Norm Argument. The Problem of Rational Task Construal.
Dual-Process Theories and Evolutionary Adaptation Versus Normative
Rationality. Thinking Dispositions and Decontextualized Reasoning, With
R.F. West, W.C. Sá.The Fundamental Computational Bias. Has Human
Irrationality Been Empirically Demonstrated?