The enigma of reason

Introduction: A double enigma

Part I. Shaking dogma: Reason on trial

Psychologists' travails

Part II. Understanding inference: From unconscious inferences to intuitions

Modularity

Cognitive opportunism

Metarepresentations

Part III. Rethinking reason: How we use reasons

Could reason be a module?

Reasoning: intuition and reflection

Reason: what is it for?

Part IV. What reason can and cannot do

Why is reasoning biased?

Quality control: how we evaluate arguments

The dark side of reason

A reason for everything

The bright side of reasoning

Part V. Reason in the wild: Is human reason universal?

Reasoning about moral and political topics

Solitary geniuses?

Conclusion: In praise of reason after all.