If our brains evolved to be predisposed to logical fallacies like post hoc ergo

If our brains evolved to be predisposed to logical fallacies like post hoc ergo

If our brains evolved to be predisposed to logical fallacies like post hoc ergo propter hoc for beneficial reasons (for example, it has been suggested that susceptibility to post hoc ergo propter hoc aids in the learning of inferences), then might people be harmed if they are trained to overcome (even partially) these predispositions, as teaching them philosophy might do? Should tests be devised for the abilities that those logical fallacies enhance, so that there is a way to determine if training is harmful?

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