The Enigma of Reason by Mercier, Hugo
The Enigma of Reason by Mercier, Hugo

The Enigma of Reason

"Brilliant...Timely and necessary." --Financial Times "Especially timely as we struggle to make sense of how it is...
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Author: Hugo Mercier
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The Enigma of Reason by Mercier, Hugo

The Enigma of Reason

$33.75
The Enigma of Reason by Mercier, Hugo

The Enigma of Reason

$33.75
Author: Hugo Mercier
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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"Brilliant...Timely and necessary." --Financial Times

"Especially timely as we struggle to make sense of how it is that individuals and communities persist in holding beliefs that have been thoroughly discredited."
--Darren Frey, Science

If reason is what makes us human, why do we behave so irrationally? And if it is so useful, why didn't it evolve in other animals? This groundbreaking account of the evolution of reason by two renowned cognitive scientists seeks to solve this double enigma. Reason, they argue, helps us justify our beliefs, convince others, and evaluate arguments. It makes it easier to cooperate and communicate and to live together in groups. Provocative, entertaining, and undeniably relevant, The Enigma of Reason will make many reasonable people rethink their beliefs.

"Reasonable-seeming people are often totally irrational. Rarely has this insight seemed more relevant...Still, an essential puzzle remains: How did we come to be this way?...Cognitive scientists Hugo Mercier and Dan Sperber [argue that] reason developed not to enable us to solve abstract, logical problems...[but] to resolve the problems posed by living in collaborative groups."
--Elizabeth Kolbert, New Yorker

"Turns reason's weaknesses into strengths, arguing that its supposed flaws are actually design features that work remarkably well."
--Financial Times

"The best thing I have read about human reasoning. It is extremely well written, interesting, and very enjoyable to read."
--Gilbert Harman, Princeton University

Author: Hugo Mercier,Dan Sperber
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 03/04/2019
Pages: 408
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 9.00h x 5.80w x 1.10d
ISBN: 9780674237827

About the Author
Mercier, Hugo: - Hugo Mercier is a researcher at the French National Center for Scientific Research, working in the Cognitive Science Institute Marc Jeannerod in Lyon.Sperber, Dan: - Dan Sperber is a researcher in the Departments of Cognitive Science and of Philosophy at the Central European University, Budapest, and in the Institut Jean Nicod at the École Normale Supérieure, Paris.
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