Abstract

FONSECA PATRON, Ana Laura. El debate sobre las heurísticas. Una disputa sobre los criterios de buen razonamiento entre la Tradición de Heurística y Sesgo y la Racionalidad Ecológica. Valenciana [online]. 2016, vol.9, n.17, pp.87-115. ISSN 2007-2538.

In this paper I argue that the central problem behind the debate between Daniel Kahneman and Gerd Gigerenzer regarding the role of heuristic reasoning in our comprehension of human rationality is the way in which we characterize normative reasoning. To this end, I show how, in the recent literature about heuristic reasoning, a sharp distinction has been drawn -in certain cases, even an opposition- between formal and heuristic reasoning. I argue that the discussion has focused on which one of these kinds of reasoning should be taken as the right model of our reasoning. I show that this point may be tracked by analyzing the texts of George Pólya and Herbert A. Simon. This analysis will allow us to notice the relevance of said debate, which has, often times, been considered a mere semantic dispute.

Keywords : Heuristic reasoning; Formal reasoning; Normativity; Naturalism; Rationality.