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Do the birds and bees need cognitive reform?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 April 2001

Peter Ayton
Peter Ayton
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, City University, London EC1V 0HB, United Kingdom p.ayton@city.ac.uk
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Abstract

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Stanovich & West argue that their observed positive correlations between performance of reasoning tasks and intelligence strengthen the standing of normative rules for determining rationality. I question this argument. Violations of normative rules by cognitively humble creatures in their natural environments are more of a problem for normative rules than for the creatures.

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Open Peer Commentary
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 23 , Issue 5 , October 2000 , pp. 666 - 667
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© 2000 Cambridge University Press