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Record Nr.

UNINA9910818210303321

Autore

Lynch Michael P (Michael Patrick), <1966->

Titolo

In praise of reason / / Michael P. Lynch

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass. : , : MIT Press, , [2012]

©2012

ISBN

0-262-30034-6

1-280-49924-9

9786613594471

0-262-30113-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (179 p.)

Disciplina

128/.33

Soggetti

Reason

Reasoning

Rationalism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Hope and reason -- Neither slave nor master: reason, intuition and emotion -- "Nothing but dreams and smoke" -- Reasons end: tradition and common sense -- The "sacred tradition of humanity" -- Truth and the pathos of distance.

Sommario/riassunto

A spirited defense of the relevance of reason for an era of popular skepticism over such matters as climate change, vaccines, and evolution.