Fragmentation of Reason: Preface to a Pragmatic Theory of Cognitive Evaluation

by Stephen P. Stich

In recent years, leading cognitive psychologists have painted a detailed, controversial, and highly critical portrait of commonsense reasoning. Stephen Stich undertakes a spirited defense of this work and puts forth a critique of those writers who argue that widespread irrationality is a biological or conceptual impossibility.Stephen Stich is Professor of Philosophy at Rutgers University and author of From Folk Psychology to Cognitive Science.

Genres: Philosophy, Science, Psychology

191 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 1990

About the author

Stephen P. Stich is an American academic who is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy and Cognitive Science at Rutgers University, as well as an Honorary Professor in Philosophy at the University of Sheffield. Stich's main philosophical interests are in the philosophy of mind, epistemology, and moral psychology.

Reviews

[Larry]

3 stars for the ideas, 4 for the fun

[Jennifer]

I think Stich and me have a mind meld going. This book was great!

[Steffi]

Lovely debunking of the value of truth and logical reasoning. Great support for relativist philosophies.

[George]

Changed my outlook on rationality in a very rational way.

[Lulu]

Level 5: epistemology