[Koglist] [CEU Cogsci Talks] CogSci CEU Departmental Colloquium: November 11, Wednesday: Hugo Mercier: Novel evidence for the argumentative theory of reasoning

The CEU Department of Cognitive Science cordially invites you to its talk by Hugo Mercier (University of Neuchatel) Date: Wednesday, November 11, 2015 - 17:00-18:30 Host: Christophe Heintz Location: Department of Cognitive Science, CEU, Oktober 6 street 7, room 101. Novel evidence for the argumentative theory of reasoning The argumentative theory of reasoning suggests that the main function of human reasoning is to argue: to find arguments to convince others, and to evaluate others' arguments to be convinced when warranted. Support for this theory has come so far from reviewing work in several domains of psychology. Here I will present novel experimental evidence supporting the theory's predictions: 1) argumentative competence is universal and early developing; 2) the improvement of performance in group discussion stems from sound argumentative competence; 3) there is an asymmetry in the way people evaluate their own and other people's arguments See more at: http://cognitivescience.ceu.edu/events/2015-11-11/departmental-colloquium-h… We are looking forward to see you there! Cognitive Science Events at CEU: http://cognitivescience.ceu.edu/events ______________________________________________ Subscribe by sending an empty mail to talks-subscribe(a)cogsci.ceu.edu Unsubscribe by sending an empty mail to talks-unsubscribe(a)cogsci.ceu.edu