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Is reasoning culturally transmitted?

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O`Madagain,  Cathal       
Department of Developmental and Comparative Psychology, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Max Planck Society;

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O`Madagain, C. (2019). Is reasoning culturally transmitted? Teorema: Revista internacional de filosofía, 38(1), 107-120.


Cite as: https://hdl.handle.net/21.11116/0000-0003-6357-C
Abstract
On Mercier and Sperber’s account, reasoning is a skill that is designed primarily for engaging argumentatively with others, rather than for private reflection. A closely related claim that they do not commit to is that reasoning might be ‘culturally transmitted’: learned from others, and even improved over generations. I argue here that there are good grounds to suppose that our reasoning skills are indeed transmitted in this way, at least in part.