The edge of reason : a rational skeptic in an irrational world
Baggini, Julian2016
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Reason, long held as the highest human achievement, is under siege. According to Aristotle, the capacity for reason sets us apart from other animals, yet today it has ceased to be a universally admired faculty. Rationality and reason have become political, disputed concepts, subject to easy dismissal. Julian Baggini argues eloquently that we must recover our reason and reassess its proper place, neither too highly exalted nor completely maligned. Rationality does not require a sterile, scientistic worldview, it simply involves the application of critical thinking wherever thinking is needed. Addressing such major areas of debate as religion, science, politics, psychology, and economics, the author calls for commitment to the notion of a 'community of reason,' where disagreements are settled by debate and discussion, not brute force or political power.
Main title:
The edge of reason : a rational skeptic in an irrational world / Julian Baggini.
Author:
Baggini, Julian, author
Imprint:
New Haven : Yale University Press, [2016]©2016
Collation:
262 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 23 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780300208238 (hbk)
Dewey class:
128.33
LC class:
BC177
Local class:
128.33
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
1654723
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