Do you agree with Mercier and Sperber’s view that reason might be a module?

  Introduction   In The Enigma of Reason: A New Theory of Human Understanding (2017) Hugo Mercier and Dan Sperber (M&S) give an evolutionary account of reason. M&S claim that reason is a module that forms intuitive inferences based on reasons. I analyse M&S’s view within the broader debate surrounding modularity. This debate concerns Jerry … Continue reading Do you agree with Mercier and Sperber’s view that reason might be a module?