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Reasoning as deliberative in function but dialogic in structure and origin
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 29 March 2011
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Mercier and Sperber (M&S) claim that the main function of reasoning is to generate support for conclusions derived unconsciously. An alternative account holds that reasoning has a deliberative function even though it is an internalized analogue of public discourse. We sketch this alternative and compare it with M&S's in the light of the empirical phenomena they discuss.
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