A little too technical: The threat of intellectualising technical reasoning

Behavioral and Brain Sciences 43 (2020)
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Osiurak and Reynaud claim that research into the origin of cumulative technological culture has been too focused on social cognition and has consequently neglected the importance of uniquely human reasoning capacities. This commentary raises two interrelated theoretical concerns about O&R's notion of technical-reasoning capacities, and suggests how these concerns might be met.

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Ian Robertson
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