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Just the facts, and only the facts, about human rationality?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 October 2011

Jeffrey Foss
Jeffrey Foss
Affiliation:
Department of Philosophy, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC V8W 3P4, Canada. [email protected]://web.uvic.ca/philosophy/people/foss/index.php
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Abstract

Elqayam & Evans' (E&E's) laudable program to keep the scientific investigation of human reasoning norm-free and focused on the facts alone is an essential part of a long tradition in the philosophy of science – but it faces deeper difficulties than the authors seem to realize, since reasoning is a competence, and the very concept of competence is normative.

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Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 34 , Issue 5 , October 2011 , pp. 254 - 255
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2011

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