In Two Minds: Dual Processes and Beyond

Name: In Two Minds: Dual Processes and Beyond
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IN 2 MINDS

Contributor(s): Evans, Jonathan St B. T. Editor , Frankish, Keith Editor Format: Paperback

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ISBN	9780199230167
Subtitle	IN 2 MINDS
Publisher	OUP Oxford
Publication date	April 2009
Language	English
MRP	£62.00 GBP
Page count	382
Item weight	118 g

This book explores the idea that we have two minds - one that is automatic, unconscious, and fast, the other controlled, conscious, and slow. In recent years there has been great interest in so-called dual-process theories of reasoning and rationality. According to dual processs theories, there are two distinct systems underlying human reasoning - an evolutionarily old system that is associative, automatic, unconscious, parallel, and fast, and a more recent, distinctively human system that is rule-based, controlled, conscious, serial, and slow. Within the former, processes are held to be innate and to use heuristics which evolved to solve specific adaptive problems. In the latter, processes are taken to be learned, flexible, and responsive to rational norms.

Despite the attention these theories are attracting, there is still poor communication between dual-process theorists themselves, and the substantial bodies of work on dual processes in cognitive psychology and social psychology remain isolated from each other. This book brings together leading researchers on dual-processes to summarize the state of the art, highlight key issues, present different perspectives, explore implications, and provide a stimulus to further work.

It includes new ideas about the human mind both by contemporary philosophers interested in broad theoretical questions about mental architecture and by psychologists specialising in traditionally distinct and isolated fields. For all those in the cognitive sciences, this is a book that will advance dual-process theorizing, promote interdisciplinary communication, and encourage further applications of dual-process approaches.

In Two Minds: Dual Processes and Beyond

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Evans, Jonathan St B. T. Editor

Frankish, Keith Editor

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