Maxwell, Nicholas (2022) Steven Pinker Defends a Damagingly Irrational Conception of Reason. Metascience. pp. 1-4. ISSN 0815-0796

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In the Preface to Rationality, Steven Pinker remarks that “we are smart enough to have … articulated the rules of reason that we so often flout” (p. xiv). Unfortunately, Pinker does not get the rules of reason right in this book. Pinker defends a damagingly irrational conception of reason. But despite this rather drastic failure, there is much of interest in this book, even if at a rather elementary level.

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Item Type:	Published Article or Volume
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Maxwell, Nicholas
Keywords:	Reason; Irrationality; Natural science; Academic inquiry; Climate crisis; Ecological crisis
Subjects:	General Issues > Decision Theory General Issues > Evidence General Issues > Game Theory General Issues > Models and Idealization
Depositing User:	Nicholas Maxwell
Date Deposited:	19 Feb 2022 00:37
Last Modified:	19 Feb 2022 00:37
Item ID:	20136
Journal or Publication Title:	Metascience
Publisher:	Springer
Official URL:	https://rdcu.be/cFpnq
DOI or Unique Handle:	10.1007/s11016-022-00730-y
Subjects:	General Issues > Decision Theory General Issues > Evidence General Issues > Game Theory General Issues > Models and Idealization
Date:	20 January 2022
Page Range:	pp. 1-4
ISSN:	0815-0796
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/20136

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