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Why Think? ZEvolution and the Rational Mind
RONALD DE SOUSA
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2007
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Originally published in French by Presses Universitaires de France as Evolution et Rationalite´(2004).
Copyright ß 2004 Presses Universitaires de France. English translation copyright ß 2006
by Ronald de Sousa.
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De Sousa, Ronald. [Evolution et rationalite´. English]
Why think? : evolution and the rational mind / Ronald de Sousa.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN 978–0–19–518985–8
1. Knowledge, Theory of. 2. Evolution. 3. Reasoning. I. Title.
2007
128’.33—dc22 2007009407
135798642
Printed in the United States of America
on acid-free paper
Preface Z
It’s fashionable to claim that we should trust our gut, rely on our
intuitions, and stop thinking too much. The book now in your
hands takes the question seriously: How is explicit human thinking
diVerent from the goal-directed