The Dialogical Roots of Deduction Historical, Cognitive, and Philosophical Perspectives on Reasoning
Book contents
- The Dialogical Roots of Deduction
- The Dialogical Roots of Deduction
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Preface
- Part I The Philosophy of Deduction
- Part II The History of Deduction
- Part III Deduction and Cognition
- 8 How We Reason, Individually and in Groups
- 9 The Ontogeny of Deductive Reasoning
- 10 The Phylogeny of Deductive Reasoning
- 11 A Dialogical Account of Proofs in Mathematical Practice
- Conclusions
- References
- Index
10 - The Phylogeny of Deductive Reasoning
from Part III - Deduction and Cognition
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 December 2020
Book contents
- The Dialogical Roots of Deduction
- The Dialogical Roots of Deduction
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Preface
- Part I The Philosophy of Deduction
- Part II The History of Deduction
- Part III Deduction and Cognition
- 8 How We Reason, Individually and in Groups
- 9 The Ontogeny of Deductive Reasoning
- 10 The Phylogeny of Deductive Reasoning
- 11 A Dialogical Account of Proofs in Mathematical Practice
- Conclusions
- References
- Index
Summary
This chapter focuses on the ‘phylogeny’ of deduction, i.e. how deductive reasoning may have emerged given the genetically endowed cognitive apparatus of humans. It discusses reasoning in non-human animals, Mercier and Sperber’s account of the evolution of reasoning, Heyes’ concept of cognitive gadgets, and neurological studies of deductive reasoning. It is argued that the emergence of deduction should not be viewed as genetically encoded in humans but rather as a product of cultural processes, roughly as described by the cognitive gadgets model.
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- The Dialogical Roots of DeductionHistorical, Cognitive, and Philosophical Perspectives on Reasoning, pp. 187 - 204Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020