The edge of reason: a rational skeptic in an irrational world
"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 di...
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| Summary: | "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. His insightful book celebrates the power of reason, our best hope--indeed our only hope--for dealing with the intractable quagmires of our time"-- |
| Physical Description: | 262 Seiten |
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Contents
Acknowledgements ix
Introduction 1
Part 1: The Judge 9
1. The Eternal God argument 11
2. Science for humans 37
3. Rationality and judgement 56
Part II: The Guide 75
4. Lives of the mind 77
5. The challenge of psychology 92
6. Guided by reason 108
Part III: The Motivator 141
7. Rational morality 143
8. Scientific morality 168
9. The claims of reason 180
Part IV: The King 189
10. The rational state 191
11. Political reason 211
Conclusion: using reason 234
Notes 246
Bibliography 252
Index 258
JULIAN BAGGINI
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, but simply
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 discussion
rather than brute force or political influence. Baggini’s
insightful book celebrates the power of reason, our
best - if not only - hope for dealing with the intractable
quagmires of our time. |
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