Jan. 23 – Legal Theory Blog
Professor Timothy O’Neill featured
Timothy P. O’Neill (John Marshall Law School) has posted Law and ‘The Argumentative Theory’ (Oregon Law Review, Forthcoming) on SSRN:
“Cognitive scientists Hugo Mercier and Dan Sperber recently introduced what they call “The Argumentative Theory.” Scientists such as Steven Pinker and Jonah Lehrer have hailed it as an important breakthrough in understanding human behavior. Jonathan Haidt believes that the new theory has solved “one of the most important puzzles in psychology.”
Read more: O’Neill on the Argumentative Theory in Cognitive Science and Law