Golden thread: Steven Pinker is a fierce proponent of rationality. Why does the concept leave so many young people cold?

Autor: Copson, Andrew
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Zdroj: New Humanist; Spring2022, Vol. 137 Issue 1, p22-25, 4p
Abstrakt: The article focuses on Steven Pinker's book "Rationality" and his advocacy for the importance of science, reason and humanism. Topics include the article also discusses Pinker's call to understand that rationality matters and needs defending, as well as the need to advance it; the classification of beliefs into two types; and how rationality is the golden thread that runs through what makes the human story vital.
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