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Why Think? The Evolution of the Rational Mind (review)
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Phi-Sci Online
Jul 18, 2008, 12:13:37 PM7/18/08
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Thinking is complex, slow and cognitively expensive and rationality
does not guarantee success. Rationality only attempts to maximize the
likelihood of success, which places it squarely on a par with natural
selection. De Sousa's excellent book sets out to investigate the
relationship between rationality and natural selection and answer the
question what is so good about thinking? Link:
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4347
does not guarantee success. Rationality only attempts to maximize the
likelihood of success, which places it squarely on a par with natural
selection. De Sousa's excellent book sets out to investigate the
relationship between rationality and natural selection and answer the
question what is so good about thinking? Link:
http://metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=book&id=4347
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Stephen Grossman
Mar 5, 2009, 12:14:22 PM3/5/09
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<59409fbd-6631-4804...@j22g2000hsf.googlegroups.com>,
Phi-Sci Online <li...@37.com> wrote:
<59409fbd-6631-4804...@j22g2000hsf.googlegroups.com>,
Phi-Sci Online <li...@37.com> wrote:
> Thinking is complex, slow and cognitively expensive and rationality
> does not guarantee success.
Is this an example of your skepticism about reason?
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