The enigma of reason

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If reason is what makes us human, then why do we humans often behave so irrationally? Taking us from desert ants to Aristotle, cognitive psychologists Hugo Mercier and Dan Sperber explore how our 'flawed superpower' of reason works, how it doesn't, and how it evolved to help us develop as social beings.

'Original and provocative ... likely to have a big impact on our understanding of ourselves' Steven Pinker

'Brilliant, elegant and compelling ... turns reason's weaknesses into strengths, arguing that its supposed flaws are actually design features that work remarkably well ... A timely and necessary book' Julian Baggini, Financial Times

'Hugo Mercier and Dan Sperber have solved one of the most important and longstanding puzzles in psychology' Jonathan Haidt

'Reason is more likely to confirm things that we want to be true, or which we already believe. So why does it exist? This book provides the answer' Alex Dean, Prospect

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The Enigma of Reason

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guardian books of the year 2017 original and provocative likely to have a big impact on our understanding of ourselves steven pinker mercier and sperber offer a surprising and powerful response to the new orthodoxy propounded by kahneman and tversky arguing that the supposed flaws of ho Direct beschikbaar .. MEER INFO

The Enigma of Reason

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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 Nog niet verschenen - reserveer een exemplaar .. MEER INFO

Taal: en

Bindwijze: Paperback

Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 05 april 2018

Aantal pagina's: 416

Illustraties: Nee

Hoofdauteur: Hugo Mercier

Tweede Auteur: Dan Sperber

Hoofduitgeverij: Penguin Books Ltd

AI-gegenereerd: Nee

Editie: 1

Product breedte: 129 mm

Product hoogte: 23 mm

Product lengte: 196 mm

Studieboek: Ja

Verpakking breedte: 128 mm

Verpakking hoogte: 28 mm

Verpakking lengte: 196 mm

Verpakkingsgewicht: 584 g

eWaste: Nee

EAN: 9780241957851

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