Argument, Truth and the Social Side of Reasoning
In a recent discussion about reasoning, one point was overlooked: Knowledge of the truth is a social process.
Philosophers rightly think of themselves as experts on reasoning. After all, it was a philosopher, Aristotle, who developed the science of logic. But psychologists have also had some interesting things to say about the subject. A fascinating paper by Dan Sperber and Hugo Mercier has recently generated a lot of discussion.
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