First insights on “neuropedagogy of reasoning”

Abstract

As stated by Jean-Pierre Changeux (2004) in his last book, The Physiology of Truth, objective knowledge does exist, and our brains are naturally equipped to recognise it. The results presented here provide the first insights on (1) the cerebral basis of reasoning errors, and (2) the neurocognitive dynamics that lead the human brain towards logical truth. We propose to call this new approach “neuropedagogy of reasoning”.

Notes

Evans (1989, p. 113) used the term “debiasing” to refer to the problem of how to reduce or eliminate the impact of biases in reasoning, decision making, and problem solving.

As stated by Evans (1989), “On the whole, there is very little evidence that deductive reasoning biases can be removed by verbal instruction relating to the underlying logical principles” (pp. 116 – 117).

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Notes on contributors

Olivier Houdé

I would like to thank Bernard Mazoyer, Sylvain Moutier, Nathalie Tzourio-Mazoyer, and Laure Zago for their invaluable contribution to this new approach of reasoning.