Special issue on: Dual process theories of human thought: the debate Preface

摘要

There has been increasing interest in recent years in dual process theories of human thought. This special issue of Mind and Society reflects this interest, some criticisms of these theories, and the major topics that have been discussed and debated as a result. There is the basic topic of how the postulated dual processes should be defined in the first place. Do these processes have essential defining features that can be distinguished from less central correlates? Can decoupling, metarepresentation, or working memory be used for making the essential distinction?