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- In order to avert a looming “Tragedy of the Commons,” Pinker proposes that rationality should be considered not just a cognitive benefit but a moral imperative. In doing so, however, he argues against the Enlightenment tradition in which the individual, rather than the “Commons,” is the final arbiter.
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Jan 17, 2023 · Collective rationality depends on norms that are explicitly designed to promote objectivity and truth. Rationality matters. It leads to better choices in our lives and in the public sphere, and is the ultimate driver of social justice and moral progress. Brimming with insight and humour, Rationality will enlighten, inspire, and empower.
Oct 4, 2021 · Essentially, it amounts to a set of rules and tools that help us to eliminate bias, bigotries, phobias, superstitions and what Pinker calls the “cognitive illusions” that stand between us and our...
Pinker says that they do this because memories are long and fortunes may reverse, so that the San’s reason for helping is a self-interested calculation. But this is not the only possible explanation. Another is the moral explanation: they help be- cause, though these people are rivals, they are in dire straits andneedhelp ...
Sep 28, 2021 · 5,336 ratings630 reviews. A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2021. In Rationality, Pinker rejects the cynical cliché that humans are simply an irrational species - cavemen out of time fatally cursed with biases, fallacies and illusions.
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Jan 31, 2022 · Rationality, as Pinker understands it, is the capacity to reason; and to reason is to move from considerations adduced to a conclusion of one sort or another, that is, to infer.
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Sep 28, 2021 · In Rationality, Pinker rejects the cynical cliché that humans are simply an irrational species - cavemen out of time fatally cursed with biases, fallacies and illusions. After all, we discovered...
The book was published on September 28, 2021, by the Viking imprint of Penguin Random House. [2] It argues that rationality is a key driver of moral and social progress, and it attempts to resolve the apparent conflict between scientific progress and increasing levels of disinformation.
