The enigma of reason : a new theory of human understanding
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The enigma of reason : a new theory of human understanding
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- The enigma of reason : a new theory of human understanding
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- a new theory of human understanding
- Statement of responsibility
- Hugo Mercier and Dan Sperber
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Reason, we are told, is what makes us human, the source of our knowledge and wisdom. If reason is so useful, why didn't it also evolve in other animals? If reason is that reliable, why do we produce so much thoroughly reasoned nonsense? In their ground-breaking account of the evolution and workings of reason, Hugo Mercier and Dan Sperber set out to solve this double enigma. Reason, they argue with a compelling mix of real-life and experimental evidence, is not geared to solitary use, to arriving at better beliefs and decisions on our own
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- 121.3
- 121.3
- 121.3
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- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
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