Stanovich's arguments against the "adaptive rationality" project: An assessment

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C :Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences

Volumn 49, Issue , 2015, Pages 55-62

  Polonioli, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptive individual differences; Cognitive ability; Cognitive bias; Cognitive epidemiology; Heuristics

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; STATISTICAL BIAS; THINKING;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; THINKING;

EID: 84921523740     PISSN: 13698486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.shpsc.2014.12.003     Document Type: Article

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