Understanding, evaluating, and producing arguments: Training is necessary for reasoning skills

作者：Harrell Maralee^*

来源：Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 2011, 34(2).

DOI：10.1017/S0140525X1000292X

This commentary suggests that the general population has much less reasoning skill than is claimed by Mercier & Sperber (M&S). In particular, many studies suggest that the skills of understanding, evaluating, and producing arguments are generally poor in the population of people who have not had specific training.

• 出版日期2011-4