In Two Minds: Dual Processes and Beyond

by Keith Frankish

This book explores the idea that we have two minds - one that is automatic, unconscious, and fast, the other controlled, conscious, and slow. In recent years there has been great interest in so-called dual-process theories of reasoning and rationality. According to dual processs theories, there are two distinct systems underlying human reasoning - an evolutionarily old system that is associative, automatic, unconscious, parallel, and fast, and a more...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199230161
• ISBN13: 9780199230167
• Release Date: April 2009
• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Length: 382 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.0"