Jonathan St B. T. Evans

Jonathan St B. T. Evans
Born (1948-06-30) 30 June 1948 (age 76)
Other namesJonathan Evans
Alma materUniversity College London
Known forDual process theory
Scientific career
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Institutions
Thesis Deductive reasoning and linguistic usage (with special reference to negation)[1]
Doctoral advisorPeter Cathcart Wason
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For other people named Jonathan Evans, see Jonathan Evans (disambiguation).

Jonathan St B. T. Evans (born 30 June 1948)[2] is a British cognitive psychologist, currently Emeritus Professor of Psychology at the University of Plymouth.[3] In 1975, with Peter Wason, Evans proposed one of the first dual-process theories of reasoning, an idea later developed and popularized by Daniel Kahneman. In a 2011 Festschrift, Evans' peers described him as "one of the most influential figures in the psychology of human reasoning".[4]

  1. ^ P. N. Johnson-Laird; P. C. Wason (15 December 1977). Thinking: Readings in Cognitive Science. CUP Archive. p. 590. ISBN 978-0-521-21756-9.
  2. ^ "Evans, Jonathan St. B. T., 1948-". US Library of Congress. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
  3. ^ "Professor Jonathan Evans: Emeritus Professor". University of Plymouth. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
  4. ^ Manktelow, Ken; Over, David; Elqayam, Shira (2011). "1: Paradigms Shift: Jonathan Evans and the Science of Reason". In Manktelow, Ken; Over, David; Elqayam, Shira (eds.). The Science of Reason: A Festschrift for Jonathan St B.T. Evans. Taylor & Francis. pp. 1–16. ISBN 9781136939099. Retrieved 6 November 2022.