The edge of reason : a rational skeptic in an irrational world / Julian Baggini.

By:

Baggini, Julian [Author]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New Haven : c2016. Yale University Press, Description: 262 pages ; 23 cm. ISBN:

9780300208238

Subject(s):

LOC classification:

BC 177 .B34 2016

Contents:

Part I. The judge.--Part II. The guide.--Part III. The motivator.--Part IV. The king.

Summary: 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.

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Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
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Includes index.

Part I. The judge.--Part II. The guide.--Part III. The motivator.--Part IV. The king.

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.

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