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Enigma of Reason

Dan Sperber, Hugo Mercier

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      If reason is what makes us human, then why do we humans often behave so irrationally? Taking us from desert ants to Aristotle, cognitive psychologists Hugo Mercier and Dan Sperber explore how our 'flawed superpower' of reason works, how it doesn't, and how it evolved to help us develop as social beings. 'Original and provocative ... likely to have a big impact on our understanding of ourselves' Steven Pinker'Brilliant, elegant and compelling ... turns reason's weaknesses into strengths, arguing that its supposed flaws are actually design features that work remarkably well ... A timely and necessary book' Julian Baggini, Financial Times 'Hugo Mercier and Dan Sperber have solved one of the most important and longstanding puzzles in psychology' Jonathan Haidt'Reason is more likely to confirm things that we want to be true, or which we already believe. So why does it exist? This book provides the answer' Alex Dean, Prospect
      CONTRIBUTORS: Dan Sperber, Hugo Mercier EAN: 9780241957851 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 303 g HEIGHT: 198 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Penguin Books Ltd DATE PUBLISHED: 2018-04-05 CITY: GENRE: PSYCHOLOGY / Cognitive Psychology & Cognition, PSYCHOLOGY / Cognitive Neuroscience & Cognitive Neuropsychology, SCIENCE / Cognitive Science, SELF-HELP / Personal Growth / General WIDTH: 129 cm SPINE:

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      Cognitive studies, Cognition and cognitive psychology, Popular science, Memory improvement and thinking techniques

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      Hugo Mercier (Author) Hugo Mercier is a researcher at the French National Centre for Scientific Research, working in the Cognitive Science Institute Marc Jeannerod in Lyon.Dan Sperber (Author) Dan Sperber is a researcher in the departments of Cognitive Science and of Philosophy at the Central European University, Budapest, and in the Institut Jean Nicod at the École Normale Supérieure, Paris.

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      If reason is what makes us human, then why do we humans often behave so irrationally? Taking us from desert ants to Aristotle, cognitive psychologists Hugo Mercier and Dan Sperber explore how our 'flawed superpower' of reason works, how it doesn't, and how it evolved to help us develop as social beings. 'Original and provocative ... likely to have a big impact on our understanding of ourselves' Steven Pinker'Brilliant, elegant and compelling ... turns reason's weaknesses into strengths, arguing that its supposed flaws are actually design features that work remarkably well ... A timely and necessary book' Julian Baggini, Financial Times 'Hugo Mercier and Dan Sperber have solved one of the most important and longstanding puzzles in psychology' Jonathan Haidt'Reason is more likely to confirm things that we want to be true, or which we already believe. So why does it exist? This book provides the answer' Alex Dean, Prospect
      CONTRIBUTORS: Dan Sperber, Hugo Mercier EAN: 9780241957851 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 303 g HEIGHT: 198 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Penguin Books Ltd DATE PUBLISHED: 2018-04-05 CITY: GENRE: PSYCHOLOGY / Cognitive Psychology & Cognition, PSYCHOLOGY / Cognitive Neuroscience & Cognitive Neuropsychology, SCIENCE / Cognitive Science, SELF-HELP / Personal Growth / General WIDTH: 129 cm SPINE:

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      Cognitive studies, Cognition and cognitive psychology, Popular science, Memory improvement and thinking techniques

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      Hugo Mercier (Author) Hugo Mercier is a researcher at the French National Centre for Scientific Research, working in the Cognitive Science Institute Marc Jeannerod in Lyon.Dan Sperber (Author) Dan Sperber is a researcher in the departments of Cognitive Science and of Philosophy at the Central European University, Budapest, and in the Institut Jean Nicod at the École Normale Supérieure, Paris.

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