To check if I understand correctly, you’re arguing that the selection pressure to use argument in order to win requires the ability to be swayed by arguments, and the latter already requires explicit reasoning?
That seems convincing as a counter-argument to “explicit reasoning in humans primarily evolved not in order to help us find out about the world, but rather in order to win arguments.”, but I’m not knowledgeable enough about the work quoted to check if they don’t have a more subtle position.
To check if I understand correctly, you’re arguing that the selection pressure to use argument in order to win requires the ability to be swayed by arguments, and the latter already requires explicit reasoning?
That seems convincing as a counter-argument to “explicit reasoning in humans primarily evolved not in order to help us find out about the world, but rather in order to win arguments.”, but I’m not knowledgeable enough about the work quoted to check if they don’t have a more subtle position.