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Sto caricando le informazioni... The Edge of Reason: A Rational Skeptic in an Irrational Worlddi Julian Baggini
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An urgent defense of reason, the essential method for resolving-or even discussing-divisive issues 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. Baggini's insightful book celebrates the power of reason, our best hope-indeed our only hope-for dealing with the intractable quagmires of our time. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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I did pick up a useful aphorism for these times, “However, just as you can lead a horse to water but you cannot make it drink, so you can lead a mind to reason but you cannot make it think.”
I did read the section on “The Eternal God Argument.” I need to focus on the rest of the book when my power of concentration return. ( )