Norms, goals, and the study of thinking

作者:Nickerson Raymond S*
来源:Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 2011, 34(5): 261-262.
DOI:10.1017/S0140525X11000628

摘要

Elqayam & Evans (E&E) argue that the major objective of research on human thinking should be the development of descriptive theories, and they challenge normativism - "the belief that people ought to conform to a normative standard" (target article, sect. 1, para. 10). I contend that although their argument for the importance of developing descriptive theories is compelling, normative theories are also important, not only for improving thinking but for investigating and understanding it as well.

  • 出版日期2011-10

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