THE ENIGMA OF REASON / A NEW THEORY OF HUMAN UNDERSTANDING

Reason, we are told, is what makes us human, the source of our knowledge and wisdom. But, if reason is so useful, why didn't it also evolve in other animals? If it is that reliable, why do we produce so much thoroughly reasoned nonsense?In their ground-breaking ac count of the evolution and workings of reason, Hugo Mercier and Dan Sperber set out to solve this double enigma, taking us on a jour ney from desert ants to modern scientists, and from Aristotle to Daniel Kahneman. Reason, they argue with a compelling mix of real-l ife and ...[Read more]