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Understanding, evaluating, and producing arguments: Training is necessary for reasoning skills

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 March 2011

Maralee Harrell
Maralee Harrell
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Department of Philosophy, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213. [email protected]://www.hss.cmu.edu/philosophy/faculty-harrell.php
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Abstract

This commentary suggests that the general population has much less reasoning skill than is claimed by Mercier & Sperber (M&S). In particular, many studies suggest that the skills of understanding, evaluating, and producing arguments are generally poor in the population of people who have not had specific training.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 34 , Issue 2 , April 2011 , pp. 80 - 81
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2011

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