Here's a link to a New York Times article on the evolutionary function of reasoning. The claim: reasoning evolved in order to allow people to win arguments.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/15/arts/people-argue-just-to-win-scholars-assert.html?_r=1&ref=arts
Darcia Narvaez is quoted as disputing the view; Jon Haidt is also quoted.
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